French economist Thomas Piketty presents a groundbreaking analysis of wealth inequality spanning three centuries, revealing how returns on capital consistently outpace economic growth and concentrate riches among the elite. Drawing from an unprecedented collection of tax records and historical data across twenty countries, he demonstrates that without intervention, modern capitalism naturally trends toward extreme inequality that threatens democratic societies. Piketty's masterwork combines rigorous economic research with accessible prose to expose the mathematical forces driving today's widening wealth gap and proposes bold solutions including a global tax on capital.
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