A Brief History of Equality / Thomas Piketty ; translated from the French by Steven Rendall.

By:

Piketty, Thomas, 1971- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Rendall, Steven [translator.]

Language: English Original language: French Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2022Description: pages cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780674273559

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

305.09 PIK 23/eng/20211202

LOC classification:

HM821 .P54713 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 neo-colonialism; Toward a democratic, ecological, and multicultural socialism; Index

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.

List(s) this item appears in: NAAC 2021-22 | JULY 2022 RAMESH

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOKs	National Law School	General Stacks	305.09 PIK-3 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		38712
BOOKs	National Law School	MPP Section	305.09 PIK-2 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	07.05.2024	38707
BOOKs	National Law School	MPP Section	305.09 PIK (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		38665

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 neo-colonialism;
Toward a democratic, ecological, and multicultural socialism;
Index

"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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