Nature, Culture, and Inequality (ePub)
A Comparative and Historical Perspective
(Sprache: Englisch)
"The most important economics book of the year―and maybe of the decade." -Paul Krugman, New York Times, on Capital in the Twenty-First Century
A bestselling economist's history of inequality and guide to a more just, sustainable world, distilled...
A bestselling economist's history of inequality and guide to a more just, sustainable world, distilled...
Erscheint am 03.09.2024
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"The most important economics book of the year―and maybe of the decade." -Paul Krugman, New York Times, on Capital in the Twenty-First Century
A bestselling economist's history of inequality and guide to a more just, sustainable world, distilled into an engaging and accessible pocket-sized text.
In this unique work, Thomas Piketty presents a synthesis of his historical and comparative research on inequality. He challenges the idea that there could be natural inequalities and shows that the march toward equality has always depended on political and social struggles, addressing diverse topics such as:
Adapted from Piketty's 2022 lecture at the Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, Nature, Culture, and Inequality makes his important argument available to a wider audience for the first time. With a clear, conversational tone, he provides a strong foundation of data and concrete examples of how we can continue to level the playing field.
A bestselling economist's history of inequality and guide to a more just, sustainable world, distilled into an engaging and accessible pocket-sized text.
In this unique work, Thomas Piketty presents a synthesis of his historical and comparative research on inequality. He challenges the idea that there could be natural inequalities and shows that the march toward equality has always depended on political and social struggles, addressing diverse topics such as:
- education,
- inheritance,
- the climate crisis,
- the taxation of wealth, and
- gender disparities.
Adapted from Piketty's 2022 lecture at the Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, Nature, Culture, and Inequality makes his important argument available to a wider audience for the first time. With a clear, conversational tone, he provides a strong foundation of data and concrete examples of how we can continue to level the playing field.
Autoren-Porträt von Thomas Piketty
Thomas Piketty is a professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and the Paris School of Economics, and codirector of the World Inequality Lab. He is the author of the landmark New York Times bestseller Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2014), as well as Capital and Ideology (2020) and A Brief History of Equality (2022).Willard Wood grew up in France and has translated more than thirty works of fiction and nonfiction from the French. He has won the Lewis Galantière Award for Literary Translation and received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Translation. His recent translations include Camille de Toledo's Theseus, His New Life (Other Press 2023) and Patrick Boucheron's Trace and Aura (Other Press 2022). He lives in Norfolk, Connecticut.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Thomas Piketty
- 2024, 96 Seiten, Englisch
- Übersetzer: Willard Wood
- Verlag: Other Press
- ISBN-10: 1635424577
- ISBN-13: 9781635424577
- Erscheinungsdatum: 03.09.2024
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