Capital and Ideology

The epic successor to one of the most important books of the century: at once aretelling of global history, a scathing critique of contemporary politics, and a boldproposal for a new and fairer economic system.

Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century showed that capitalism, left to itself, generates deepening inequality. In this audacious follow-up, he challenges usto revolutionise how we think about ideology and history, exposing the ideas thathave sustained inequality since premodern times and outlining a fairer economicsystem. Our economy, Piketty observes, is not a natural fact. Markets, profits, andcapital are all historical constructs that depend on choices.

Capital and Ideology is destined to be one of the indispensable books of our time, a work that will not only help us understand the world, but that will change it. 158illustrations.