Will coronavirus lead to fairer societies? Thomas Piketty explores the prospect
by Laura Spinney from on (#53C89)
Economist discusses the effects of pandemic on economies, societies and globalisation
The French economist Thomas Piketty is the bestselling author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2013) and its follow-up, Capital and Ideology (2019), a sweep through 1,000 years of the history of inequality.
Speaking to the Guardian, he said he had been thinking about the opportunities this pandemic may present to build fairer, more equal societies.
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