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Soziale Ungleichheit zeigt sich je nach Gesellschaft und Epoche sehr unterschiedlich. Um sie zu verstehen, spielen Geschichte und Kultur eine zentrale Rolle: Ungleichheit ist stark mit verschiedenen sozioökonomischen, politischen, zivilisatorischen und religiösen Entwicklungen verbunden. Es ist also Kultur im weitesten Sinne, die es ermöglicht, die Vielfalt, das Ausmaß und die Struktur der sozialen Ungleichheit, die wir täglich beobachten, zu erklären. Thomas Piketty legt hier kurz und knapp eine lebendige Synthese seiner Arbeit vor. Er greift dabei so unterschiedliche Themen wie...

A chronicle of recent events that have shaken the world, from the author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century "What makes this manifesto noteworthy is that it comes from . . .

an economist who gained his reputation as a researcher with vaguely left-of-center sensibilities but was far from a radical. Yet the times are such . .

. that even honest moderates are driven to radical remedies."-Robert Kuttner, New York Times As a correspondent for the French newspaper Le Monde, world-renowned economist Thomas Piketty has documented the rise and fall of...

Thomas Piketty--whose Capital in the Twenty-First Century pushed inequality to the forefront of public debate--wrote The Economics of Inequality as an introduction to the conceptual and factual background necessary for interpreting changes in economic inequality over time. This concise text has established itself as an indispensable guide for students and general readers in France, where it has been regularly updated and revised. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer, The Economics of Inequality now appears in English for the first time.

Piketty begins by explaining...

-Piketty unleashed on real-time economics is a revelation.- -- Guardian

Thomas Piketty's work has proved that unfettered markets lead to increasing inequality. Without meaningful regulation, capitalist economies will concentrate wealth in an ever smaller number of hands. For years, this critical challenge to democracy has been the focus of Piketty's monthly newspaper columns, which pierce the surface of current events to reveal the economic forces underneath. Why Save the Bankers? brings together selected columns from the period bookended by...

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A USA Today Best Seller
A Sunday Times Best Seller
Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
Winner of the British Academy Medal
Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award

"It seems safe to say that Capital in the Twenty-First Century, the magnum opus of the French economist Thomas Piketty, will be the most important economics book of the year--and maybe of the decade."
--Paul...