Thomas Piketty
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Thomas Piketty's bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century galvanized global debate about inequality. In this audacious follow-up, Piketty challenges us to revolutionize how we think about politics, ideology, and history. He exposes the ideas that have sustained inequality for the past millennium, reveals why the shallow politics of right and left are failing us today, and outlines the structure of a fairer economic system. Our economy, Piketty...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"In this powerful new work, Thomas Piketty reminds us that rising inequality is not inevitable. Over the centuries, we have been moving toward greater equality. Piketty guides us with elegance and concision through the great movements that have made the modern world and shows how we can learn from them to make equality a lasting reality"--
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Español
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¡Ciudadanos, a las urnas! asume el desafío de ayudarnos a entender un mundo atravesado por contradicciones: los proyectos de integración regional europea chocan con el Brexit, las promesas de regulación financiera no hacen mella en los paraísos fiscales, un avance tecnológico que habilita un progreso social sin precedentes convive con formas extremas de sacralizar la propiedad privada y estigmatizar a los perdedores. En crónicas ágiles, polémicas...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Reflections on politics, the economy, and the modern world by the #1 New York Times -bestselling author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century . Thomas Piketty's work has proved that unfettered markets lead to increasing inequality, and that without meaningful regulation, capitalist economies will concentrate wealth in an ever smaller number of hands, threatening democracy. For years, his newspaper columns have pierced the surface of current events...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Over the past four years, world?renowned economist Thomas Piketty documented his close observations on current events through a regular column in the French newspaper Le Monde. His pen captured the rise and fall of Trump, the drama of Brexit, Macron's ascendance to the French presidency, the unfolding of a global pandemic, and much else besides, always through the lens of Piketty's fight for a more equitable world"--
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English
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What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack of adequate data and clear guiding theories. In this work the author analyzes a unique collection of data from twenty countries, ranging as far back...
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Based on the international bestseller by rock-star economist Thomas Piketty (which sold over three million copies worldwide and landed Piketty on Time's list of most influential people), this captivating documentary is an eye-opening journey through wealth and power, a film that breaks the popular assumption that the accumulation of capital runs hand in hand with social progress, and shines a new light on today's growing inequalities. Traveling through...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Thomas Piketty wrote The Economics of Inequality as an introduction to the conceptual and factual background necessary for interpreting changes in economic inequality over time. Piketty begins by explaining how inequality evolves and how economists measure it. In subsequent chapters, he explores variances in income and ownership of capital and the variety of policies used to reduce these gaps. Along the way, with characteristic clarity and precision,...
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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
We are well aware of the rise of the 1% as the rapid growth of economic inequality has put the majority of the world's wealth in the pockets of fewer and fewer. One much-discussed solution to this imbalance is to significantly increase the rate at which we tax the wealthy. But with an enormous amount of the world's wealth hidden in tax havens--in countries like Switzerland, Luxembourg, and the Cayman Islands--this wealth cannot be fully accounted...
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Capitalism volume 2
Language
English
Description
Adam Smith was both economist and moral philosopher. But his work on morality is largely forgotten, Leading to tragic distortions that have shaped out global economic system.
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Series
Capitalism volume 3
Language
English
Description
The roots of today's global trade agreements lie in the work of stockbroker David Ricardo and demographer Thomas Malthus. Together, they would restructure society in the image of the market.
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Capitalism volume 1
Language
English
Description
Capitalism is much more complex than the vision Adam Smith laid out in The Wealth of Nations. Indeed, it predates Smith by centuries and took root in the practices of colonialism and the slave trade.
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Series
Capitalism volume 6
Language
English
Description
An exploration of the life and work of Karl Polanyi, who sought to reintegrate society and economy. An exploration of the life and work of Karl Polanyi, who sought to reintegrate society and economy. Could the commodification of labour and money ultimately be as disastrous as floods, drought and earthquakes?
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Series
Capitalism volume 4
Language
English
Description
Have we gotten Marx wrong by focusing on the Communist Manifesto instead of on his critique of how capitalism works - a critique that is relevant and as penetrating as ever?
Author
Series
Capitalism volume 5
Language
English
Description
The ideological divide between the philosophies of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek has dominated economics for nearly a century. Is it time for the pendulum to swing back to Keynes? Or do we need a whole new approach that goes beyond this dualism?
18) Capitalism
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Filmed over two years in 22 countries, interviewing 21 of the world's leading economists, historians, sociologists and political scientist, it is an ambitious and accessible six-part documentary series that looks at the ideas and social forces that have shaped the capitalist world.
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