Thomas Piketty on Equality

Pure economic factors or technological factors or the level of economic development or level of technological development cannot explain the diversity of levels of inequality and structure of inequality that we observe throughout history.Thomas PikettyA full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com.Thomas Piketty is Professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and the Paris School of Economics and Codirector of the World Inequality Lab. He is also the author of A Brief History of Equality.Support Democracy Paradox on Patreon for bonus episodes and exclusive updates and information. Key HighlightsThe Case for Reparations for HaitiAn Account of the Historical Movement Toward Greater EqualityEconomic Inequality as a Political ConstructionShould Economic Equality be the Goal of the State?Is Thomas Piketty Optimistic for the Future?Key LinksA Brief History of Equality by Thomas PikettyCapital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas PikettyFollow Thomas Piketty on Twitter @PikettyLeMondeDemocracy Paradox PodcastJoseph Fishkin on the Constitution, American History, and Economic InequalityJacob Hacker and Paul Pierson on the Plutocratic Populism of the Republican PartyMore Episodes from the PodcastMore InformationDemocracy GroupApes of the State created all MusicEmail the show at [email protected] on Twitter @DemParadox100 Books on DemocracyLearn more about the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at https://kellogg.nd.edu/ Support the show