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

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: French Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2022Description: viii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674273559
Uniform titles:
  • Brève histoire de l'égalité English.
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HM821 .P554 2022
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 neocolonialism -- Toward a democratic, ecological, and multicultural socialism.
Summary: "In this powerful new work, Thomas Piketty reminds us that rising inequality is not inevitable. Over the centuries, we have been moving toward greater equality. Piketty guides us with elegance and concision through the great movements that have made the modern world and shows how we can learn from them to make equality a lasting reality"-- Provided by publisher.Translation of:: Piketty, Thomas, 1971-, Brève histoire de l'égalité, Paris : Éditions du Seuil, 2021
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HM821 .P554 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001501252

First published in French as Une bréve histoire de l'égalité, Éditions du Seuil, 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 neocolonialism -- Toward a democratic, ecological, and multicultural socialism.

"In this powerful new work, Thomas Piketty reminds us that rising inequality is not inevitable. Over the centuries, we have been moving toward greater equality. Piketty guides us with elegance and concision through the great movements that have made the modern world and shows how we can learn from them to make equality a lasting reality"-- Provided by publisher.

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