Yup. I think this is elaborated in this book if I am not mistaken: https://www.amazon.com/Great-Leveler-Inequality-Twenty-First-Princeton-ebook/dp/B07CSGGZJG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=DWONLWRV65BX&dchild=1&keywords=walter+scheidel+the+great+leveler&qid=1590960589&sprefix=walter+sche%2Caps%2C276&sr=8-1