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Books by Thomas Piketty mentioned on podcasts
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty examines wealth concentration and economic inequality in capitalist economies.
Discussed“And with, you know, you read Thomas Piketty's book, Capital. He speaks so much about wealth disparity in an era of globalization, in an era of technification, in an era when the world is seeing some people have extraordinary gains, but most people not on a relative basis.”
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A Brief History of Equality
A Brief History of Equality by Thomas Piketty is an expansive historical examination of economic inequality and the ongoing struggle for a more egalitarian society.
Recommended“I would say Tomas picaty's latest a brief history of equality”
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Capital is Back
Discussed“So I mean you know, I'm not saying it's not important. It is very important and you know, if you go back to you know, our paper with Gabriel Zucman which was published now almost 10 years ago in the quarterly journal of economics in 2014 called you know, Capital is Back, Wealth-Income Ratio in the Long Run 1700-2010, you”
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Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities
Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities is a scholarly volume edited by Amory Gethin, Clara Martinez-Toledano, and Thomas Piketty that examines the evolution of political conflicts and voting patterns across numerous democracies over several decades.
Recommended“a I would recommend political cleavages and social inequalities by Thomas pick at at all a study of 50 democracies because all the political Trends and demographic Trends we've talked about on this podcast today are detailed with copious data in this marvelous compendium of studies”
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Time for Socialism
Discussed“one of his books one of his most recent books called time for socialism well between that and the Dalai Lama saying I love socialism I was kind of startled”
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