Nature, Culture, and Inequality

Thomas Piketty (trans. Willard Wood)

Praise for A Brief History of Equality:

‘A sustained argument for why we should be optimistic about human progress … [Piketty] has laid out a plan that is smart, thoughtful, and motivated by admirable political convictions.’

Gary Gerstle, The Washington Post

Praise for A Brief History of Equality:

‘[Piketty] argues that we’re on a trajectory of greater, not less, equality and lays out his prescriptions for remedying our current corrosive wealth disparities.’

David Marchese, The New York Times Magazine

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**Praise for A Brief History of Equality:**‘A profound and optimistic call to action and reflection. For Piketty, the arc of history is long, but it does bend toward equality. There is nothing automatic about it, however: as citizens, we must be ready to fight for it, and constantly (re)invent the myriad of institutions that will bring it about. This book is here to help.’

Esther Duflo, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences

An insightful exploration of the nature of inequality.

In his new work, Thomas Piketty explores how social inequality manifests itself very differently depending on the society and epoch in which it arises. History and culture play a central role, inequality being strongly linked to various socio-economic, political, civilisational, and religious developments. So it is culture in the broadest sense that makes it possible to explain the diversity, extent, and structure of the social inequality that we observe every day. Piketty briefly and concisely presents a lively synthesis of his work, taking up such diverse topics as education, inheritance, taxes, and the climate crisis, and provides exciting food for thought for a highly topical debate: Does natural inequality exist?

Praise for A Brief History of Equality:

‘A sustained argument for why we should be optimistic about human progress … [Piketty] has laid out a plan that is smart, thoughtful, and motivated by admirable political convictions.’

Gary Gerstle, The Washington Post

Praise for A Brief History of Equality:

‘[Piketty] argues that we’re on a trajectory of greater, not less, equality and lays out his prescriptions for remedying our current corrosive wealth disparities.’

David Marchese, The New York Times Magazine

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Format:Hardback

Size: 198mm × 129mm

Extent:96pp

ISBN (13):9781761381034

RRP:$27.99

Pub date:3 Sep 2024

Rights Held: UK & Commonwealth (ex. Can) + EU

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Thomas Piketty

Thomas Piketty is Professor at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and the Paris School of Economics, and co-director of the World Inequality Lab. Best known for his bestselling book Capital in the Twenty-First Century, he is also the author of Capital and Ideology and A Brief History of Equality, among other works.

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Willard Wood

Willard Wood is the winner of the 2002 Lewis Galantière Award for Literary Translation and a 2000 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Translation. Willard has translated more than thirty books from the French. His recent books include Constellation by Adrien Bosc and The Goddess of Small Victories by Yannick Grannec. He lives in Connecticut.

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