“An astonishing experiment in social science, one that defies easy comparison. “Thomas Piketty’s books are always monumental… In the same way that Capital in the Twenty-First Century has transformed how economists look at inequality, Capital and Ideology will transform the way political scientists look at their own field. “Might become even more politically influential than the French economist’s 2013 overview of inequality, Capital in the Twenty-First Century… Piketty explains why this could be the moment for a turn to equality, and which policies could make that happen. “Nothing less than a global history of inequality and the stories that societies tell to justify it, from pre-modern India to Donald Trump’s U.S.
“Ventures to trace the origin of inequalities and propose methods of eradication… Lands on the world’s doorstep in the midst of an unfolding economic crisis, when the shutdown required to prevent the spread of the coronavirus is sending the world into a spiraling recession… Piketty has put forward proposals for long-term, permanent change, but impressively, they would also be immediately useful in speeding along the recovery. “In an election cycle where the political discourse has been thoroughly shaped by Piketty’s work, his new book feels especially urgent. It also contains a penetrating analysis of contemporary politics, especially the failures of what Piketty calls the ‘Brahmin Left,’ along with a radical new program of socialist egalitarianism. “This is an immense work of scholarship on the history of inequality.
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