“Ventures to trace the origin of inequalities and propose methods of eradication… Lands on the world’s doorstep in the midst of an unfolding economic crisis, when the shutdown required to prevent the spread of the coronavirus is sending the world into a spiraling recession… Piketty has put forward proposals for long-term, permanent change, but impressively, they would also be immediately useful in speeding along the recovery. “In an election cycle where the political discourse has been thoroughly shaped by Piketty’s work, his new book feels especially urgent. It also contains a penetrating analysis of contemporary politics, especially the failures of what Piketty calls the ‘Brahmin Left,’ along with a radical new program of socialist egalitarianism. “This is an immense work of scholarship on the history of inequality.
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