Creator: Piketty, Thomas, 1971- (Keywords)

What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for...

'Chronicles' sets out Thomas Piketty's analysis of the financial crisis, what has happened since and where we should go from here. Tackling a wider range of subjects than in 'Capital', from productivity in Britain to Barack Obama, it comprises the very best of his writing for 'Liberation' from th...

Can we do anything about inequality? What has happened to the European nation-state? And how can we get the economy moving? In almost 50 short blasts, 'Chronicles' answers these questions and more, setting out Thomas Piketty's thinking through his analysis of the financial crisis, what has happen...