In this respect, Capital and ideology offers a more detailed picture of the diversity of systems of inequality in the world and across time and provides a better understanding of how the inequality created by our current system result from political and ideological choices. This work was possible thanks to a whole new collection of archives and data bases, as well numerous trips and exchanges with other researchers, all of which greatly enriched my thinking. After that, I wanted to extend its geographic scope and deepen the historical perspective in order to refine our understanding of the phenomenon of inequality, but also to study the evolution of ideologies of inequality (so, you understand why the new book is longer than its predecessor!). How would you define the relationship between these two books?Ĭapital in the 21 st Century was a study of the changes in inequality of property and wealth in Europe and the United States. Now you have given us Capital and ideology. We remember the enthusiasm that Capital in the 21 st Century created. The conference will be held in French, with the author. On 30 September 2019, a « Debate on Equality » will be dedicated to Capital and ideology, from 6pm to 7.30pm at the Paris School of Economics.On 12 September 2019, Seuil released his new work on inequality, Capital and Ideology (1), which he talks about in this interview with PSE. His previous book, Capital in the 21 st century, was published in 2013 and has since been translated into 40 languages and sold more than 2.5 million copies world-wide. Piketty is research director at the EHESS, professor at PSE and co-director of the World Inequality Lab. These are the opening lines of Thomas Piketty’s latest book, Capital and ideology.

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