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A brief history of equality, Thomas Piketty ; translated by Steven Rendall

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The world's leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding. A perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier books. It's easy to be pessimistic about inequality. We know it has increased dramatically in many parts of the world over the past two generations. No one has done more to reveal the problem than Thomas Piketty. Now, in this surprising and powerful new work, Piketty reminds us that the grand sweep of history gives us reasons to be optimistic. Over the centuries, he shows, we have been moving toward greater equality. Piketty guides us with elegance and concision through the great movements that have made the modern world for better and worse: the growth of capitalism, revolutions, imperialism, slavery, wars, and the building of the welfare state. It's a history of violence and social struggle, punctuated by regression and disaster. But through it all, Piketty shows, human societies have moved fitfully toward a more just distribution of income and assets, a reduction of racial and gender inequalities, and greater access to health care, education, and the rights of citizenship. Our rough march forward is political and ideological, an endless fight against injustice. To keep moving, Piketty argues, we need to learn and commit to what works, to institutional, legal, social, fiscal, and educational systems that can make equality a lasting reality. At the same time, we need to resist historical amnesia and the temptations of cultural separatism and intellectual compartmentalization. At stake is the quality of life for billions of people. We know we can do better, Piketty concludes. The past shows us how. The future is up to us
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  • eng
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  • eng
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viii, 274 pages
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First published in French as Une bréve histoire de l'égalité, Éditions du Seuil, 2021
Contents
  • The movement toward equality: the first milestones
  • The slow deconcentration of power and property
  • The heritage of slavery and colonialism
  • The question of reparations
  • Revolution, status, and class
  • The "great redistribution": 1914-1980
  • Democracy, socialism, and progressive taxation
  • Real equality against discrimination
  • Exiting neo-colonialism
  • Toward a democratic, ecological, and multicultural socialism
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9780674273559
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A brief history of equality
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A brief history of equality
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Thomas Piketty ; translated by Steven Rendall
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  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
Summary
The world's leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding. A perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier books. It's easy to be pessimistic about inequality. We know it has increased dramatically in many parts of the world over the past two generations. No one has done more to reveal the problem than Thomas Piketty. Now, in this surprising and powerful new work, Piketty reminds us that the grand sweep of history gives us reasons to be optimistic. Over the centuries, he shows, we have been moving toward greater equality. Piketty guides us with elegance and concision through the great movements that have made the modern world for better and worse: the growth of capitalism, revolutions, imperialism, slavery, wars, and the building of the welfare state. It's a history of violence and social struggle, punctuated by regression and disaster. But through it all, Piketty shows, human societies have moved fitfully toward a more just distribution of income and assets, a reduction of racial and gender inequalities, and greater access to health care, education, and the rights of citizenship. Our rough march forward is political and ideological, an endless fight against injustice. To keep moving, Piketty argues, we need to learn and commit to what works, to institutional, legal, social, fiscal, and educational systems that can make equality a lasting reality. At the same time, we need to resist historical amnesia and the temptations of cultural separatism and intellectual compartmentalization. At stake is the quality of life for billions of people. We know we can do better, Piketty concludes. The past shows us how. The future is up to us
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1971-
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Piketty, Thomas
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305.09
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illustrations
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index present
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HM821
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.P547 2022
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non fiction
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Rendall, Steven,
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  • Equality
  • Social classes
  • Income distribution
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A brief history of equality, Thomas Piketty ; translated by Steven Rendall
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Publication
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First published in French as Une bréve histoire de l'égalité, Éditions du Seuil, 2021
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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The movement toward equality: the first milestones -- The slow deconcentration of power and property -- The heritage of slavery and colonialism -- The question of reparations -- Revolution, status, and class -- The "great redistribution": 1914-1980 -- Democracy, socialism, and progressive taxation -- Real equality against discrimination -- Exiting neo-colonialism -- Toward a democratic, ecological, and multicultural socialism
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1268111534
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22 cm.
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viii, 274 pages
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9780674273559
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2021053186
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rdamedia.
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illustrations
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A brief history of equality, Thomas Piketty ; translated by Steven Rendall
Publication
Note
First published in French as Une bréve histoire de l'égalité, Éditions du Seuil, 2021
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier.
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text
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  • txt
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Contents
The movement toward equality: the first milestones -- The slow deconcentration of power and property -- The heritage of slavery and colonialism -- The question of reparations -- Revolution, status, and class -- The "great redistribution": 1914-1980 -- Democracy, socialism, and progressive taxation -- Real equality against discrimination -- Exiting neo-colonialism -- Toward a democratic, ecological, and multicultural socialism
Control code
1268111534
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
viii, 274 pages
Isbn
9780674273559
Lccn
2021053186
Media category
unmediated
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rdamedia.
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  • n
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illustrations

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