Based on Lenksi's classification system of subsistence patterns through time,discuss which types of economies had the least social inequality,which had the most,and why.

Hunting and gathering economies had the least social inequality because people had few possessions and lived in small,mobile groups that followed whatever food resources were available.As such,there was little accumulation of wealth.Survival was the prime focus;everyone knew what was expected of them,and what people did was closely connected to how they lived.People had to work together for the survival of the clan and family.Agricultural or agrarian economies had the greatest social inequality,because technology allowed surpluses to exist,which were controlled by a few wealthy families,while everyone else remained poor because they did not own land and either worked on the land for the wealthy landowners or in the cities for the wealthy factory owners.Students may also argue that pastoralism had a high degree of social inequality because of the accumulation of wealth through animals and land.