Time for Socialism, Thomas Piketty
Time for Socialism, Thomas Piketty
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Time for Socialism
Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016-2021

Author: Thomas Piketty

Narrator: L.J. Ganser

Unabridged: 7 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/26/2021


Synopsis

A chronicle of recent events that have shaken the world, from the author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century

As a correspondent for the French newspaper Le Monde, world-renowned economist Thomas Piketty has documented the rise and fall of Trump, the drama of Brexit, Emmanuel Macron’s ascendance to the French presidency, the unfolding
of a global pandemic, and much else besides, always from the perspective of his fight for a more equitable world. This collection brings together those articles and is prefaced by an extended introductory essay, in which Piketty argues that the
time has come to support an inclusive and expansive conception of socialism as a counterweight against the hypercapitalism that defines our current economic ideology. These essays offer a first draft of history from one of the world’s leading
economists and public figures, detailing the struggle against inequalities and tax evasion, in favor of a federalist Europe and a globalization more respectful of work and the environment.

About Thomas Piketty

Thomas Piketty is Professor of Economics at the Paris School of Economics and Centennial Professor at the LSE. His book Capital in the Twenty-First Century, which argued that when the rate of return on capital exceeds the rate of economic growth, the resulting unequal distribution of wealth causes instability, has global sales so far of more than 2m copies.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Terence on November 28, 2021

Yes, this is “just” a collection of his articles in “Le Monde.” But I would not have read these articles if it were not for this book. And for me, these articles don’t rehash anything I knew before. Rather, they introduced me to French and European economic and social debates. If you are not Europea......more

Goodreads review by Jorge on September 19, 2021

Decepcionante. Con este, creo que he caído ya unas 5 veces en estas trampas editoriales: toman a un autor o autora que ha vendido muchas copias de uno o varios libros originales y, para sacar más dinero de sus ideas, montan compilaciones de sus escritos en prensa o en blogs para crear un libro con l......more

Goodreads review by Wick on November 05, 2022

Should've been called Time for Social Democratic Policies, a collection of random articles I like Piketty and generally support a lot of the social democratic policies that I think are needed to fix wealth concentration and the problems that flow from that. This book was a little misleading and unsat......more

Goodreads review by William on December 20, 2021

This is not a book on socialism, nor is it an attempt to draw conclusions on the premised title. It is simply a compilation of articles written by Piketty for Le Monde. These article do connect some dots (inequality, climate change) but mostly they are snapshots from events occurring between 2016-20......more

Goodreads review by juliazlr on July 19, 2022

Sehr gutes 5 ⭐️ Buch!! Aber einen Punkt muss ich abziehen dafür, dass ich es nur zu 3/4 lesen konnte, weil ich es auf dem Weg zum Hausarzt auf der Strasse verloren habe......more