Tag: Thomas Piketty

Le chaos qui vient

Mar 5, 2026

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lauraspinney

in Archaeology, History, History of science or medicine, Journalism

DANS les années 1990, à l’heure où les historiens jetaient le marxisme par-dessus bord, beaucoup proclamaient la fin des révolutions. La lutte des classes et les soulèvements de masse semblaient derrière nous, rangés parmi les vestiges d’un autre siècle… Cet article a paru dans Le Point le 3 mars 2026. Pour continuer à lire, cliquez ici (abonnés…
Will coronavirus lead to fairer societies? Thomas Piketty explores the prospect

May 15, 2020

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lauraspinney

in History, Journalism, Psychology

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…