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Reviewing Inequality: Understanding Piketty’s Latest Insights on Wealth, Power, and Justice
Paul Sweeney 30/01/2025
Thomas Piketty, was dubbed the "rock star economist" after his best-selling book "Capital in the 21st Century" was published in 2014. It was remarkable that a 700 page economic tome on inequality became a world best-seller and was so widely discussed. Piketty’s key argument in "Capital" is that capital would grow faster than income from work, …
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