{"product_id":"nature-culture-and-inequality-a-comparative-and-historical-perspective-hardcover","title":"Nature, Culture, and Inequality: A Comparative and Historical Perspective - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Piketty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWillard Wood\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The most important economics book of the year―and maybe of the decade.\" --Paul Krugman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eCapital in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA bestselling economist's history of inequality and guide to a more just, sustainable world, distilled into an engaging and accessible pocket-sized text.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this unique work, Thomas Piketty presents a synthesis of his historical and comparative research on inequality. He challenges the idea that there could be natural inequalities and shows that the march toward equality has always depended on political and social struggles, addressing diverse topics such as: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e education, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e inheritance, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e the climate crisis, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e the taxation of wealth, and \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e gender disparities. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdapted from Piketty's 2022 lecture at the Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, \u003ci\u003eNature, Culture, and Inequality\u003c\/i\u003e makes his important argument available to a wider audience for the first time. With a clear, conversational tone, he provides a strong foundation of data and concrete examples of how we can continue to level the playing field.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Piketty \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and the Paris School of Economics, and codirector of the World Inequality Lab. He is the author of the landmark \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eCapital in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), as well as \u003ci\u003eCapital and Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) and \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Equality\u003c\/i\u003e (2022). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWillard Wood \u003c\/b\u003egrew up in France and has translated more than thirty works of fiction and nonfiction from the French. He has won the Lewis Galantière Award for Literary Translation and received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Translation. His recent translations include Camille de Toledo's \u003ci\u003eTheseus, His New Life\u003c\/i\u003e (Other Press 2023) and Patrick Boucheron's \u003ci\u003eTrace and Aura\u003c\/i\u003e (Other Press 2022). He lives in Norfolk, Connecticut.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752989065504,"sku":"9781635424560","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bddfa990c729a40a71830edbf7cbb72f.webp?v=1780009489","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/nature-culture-and-inequality-a-comparative-and-historical-perspective-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}