treatment of inequality is perfectly matched to its moment . . . [He] has emerged as a rock star of the policy-intellectual world . . . His work richly deserves all the attention it is receiving.” — Lawrence H. Summers, Democracy

Descripción Mariner Books, United States, 2017. Paperback. Estado de conservación: New. Annotated edition. Language: English . Brand New Book. Piketty unleashed on real-time economics is a revelation. -- Guardian Thomas Piketty s work has proved that unfettered markets lead to increasing inequality. Without meaningful regulation, capitalist economies will concentrate wealth in an ever smaller number of hands. For years, this critical challenge to democracy has been the focus of Piketty s monthly newspaper columns, which pierce the surface of current events to reveal the economic forces underneath. WhySave the Bankers? brings together selected columns from the period bookended by the September 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers and the terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015. In crystalline prose, Piketty examines a wide range of topics, and along the way he decodes the European Union s economic troubles, weighs in on oligarchy in the United States, wonders whether debts actually need to be paid back, and discovers surprising lessons about inequality by examining the career of Steve Jobs. Coursing with insight and flashes of wit, these brief essays offer a view of recent history through the eyes of one of the most influential economic thinkers of our time. ? Anyone with an interest in politics, monetary policy, or international diplomacy will get a kick out of