¡Viva el socialismo!

by Thomas Piketty, Daniel Fuentes (Translator)

«Si me hubieran dicho en 1990 que en 2020 iba a publicar una colección de crónicas titulada ¡Viva el socialismo! habría pensado que se trataba de un mal chiste. Pertenezco a una generación que no tuvo tiempo de dejarse seducir por el comunismo y que se hizo adulta constatando el fracaso absoluto del sovietismo», cuenta Thomas Piketty en el prefacio inédito de esta colección de sus columnas mensuales publicadas en Le Monde desde septiembre de 2016 hasta julio de 2020.

En los años noventa fue más liberal que socialista, pero treinta años después cree que el hipercapitalismo ha ido demasiado lejos y que debemos pensar en la superación del capitalismo, en una nueva forma de socialismo, participativo y descentralizado, federal y democrático, ecológico y feminista.

Estas columnas, completadas con gráficos, tablas y textos adicionales del autor, y que conforman una síntesis del pensamiento de uno de los economistas más importantes de nuestro tiempo, reflexionan sobre cómo el verdadero cambio, el «socialismo participativo», sólo se producirá cuando los ciudadanos recuperen las herramientas que les permitan organizar su propia vida colectiva. Además, suponen un exhaustivo repaso a todas las grandes cuestiones de índole económica, política y social de los últimos tiempos, desde el funcionamiento de la UE, el Brexit, el incremento de la desigualdad, la pujanza de China y los nuevos ejes de poder mundial o la más reciente crisis sanitaria y económica provocada por la pandemia del coronavirus.

Genres: Politics, Economics, Nonfiction, History, Essays, Sociology, Audiobook

280 pages, Paperback

Published April 8, 2021

About the author

Thomas Piketty (French: [tɔma pikɛti]; born May 7, 1971) is a French economist who works on wealth and income inequality. He is the director of studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) and professor at the Paris School of Economics. He is the author of the best selling book Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2013), which emphasizes the themes of his work on wealth concentrations and distribution over the past 250 years. The book argues that the rate of capital return in developed countries is persistently greater than the rate of economic growth, and that this will cause wealth inequality to increase in the future. To address this problem, he proposes redistribution through a global tax on wealth.

Piketty was born on May 7, 1971, in the Parisian suburb of Clichy. He gained a C-stream (scientific) Baccalauréat, and after taking scientific preparatory classes, he entered the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) at the age of 18, where he studied mathematics and economics. At the age of 22, Piketty was awarded his Ph.D. for a thesis on wealth redistribution, which he wrote at the EHESS and the London School of Economics under Roger Guesnerie.

After earning his PhD, Piketty taught from 1993 to 1995 as an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1995, he joined the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) as a researcher, and in 2000 he became director of studies at EHESS.

Piketty won the 2002 prize for the best young economist in France, and according to a list dated November 11, 2003, he is a member of the scientific orientation board of the association "À gauche, en Europe", founded by Michel Rocard and Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

In 2006 Piketty became the first head of the Paris School of Economics, which he helped set up. He left after a few months to serve as an economic advisor to Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal during the French presidential campaign. Piketty resumed teaching at the Paris School of Economics in 2007.

He is a columnist for the French newspaper Libération, and occasionally writes op-eds for Le Monde.

In April 2012, Piketty co-authored along with 42 colleagues an open letter in support of then-PS candidate for the French presidency François Hollande. Hollande won the contest against the incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in May of that year.

In 2013, Piketty won the biennial Yrjö Jahnsson Award, for the economist under age 45 who has "made a contribution in theoretical and applied research that is significant to the study of economics in Europe."

Piketty specializes in economic inequality, taking a historic and statistical approach. His work looks at the rate of capital accumulation in relation to economic growth over a two hundred year spread from the nineteenth century to the present. His novel use of tax records enabled him to gather data on the very top economic elite, who had previously been understudied, and to ascertain their rate of accumulation of wealth and how this compared to the rest of society and economy. His most recent book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, relies on economic data going back 250 years to show that an ever-rising concentration of wealth is not self-correcting. To address this problem, he proposes redistribution through a global tax on wealth.

Reviews

[Terence Gilheany · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 European and not a regular reader of Le Monde, this book could be a fascinating window into a socialist view of those worlds at the moment.

[Alexandra Paiva · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is a cash grab and nothing more. It's a collection of the author's newspaper articles, without any prior selection, new information or editing.

My disappointment is unsurmountable and my day is ruined.

[Wick Welker · Rating 3 out of 5]

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 unsatisfying. It's not about socialism as it's classically defined which is fine but it just needs to be sold that way. This was just a random hodge podge of mostly European and French critiques about progressive taxing. Didn't really get a lot out of it.

[Jorge Zuluaga · Rating 3 out of 5]

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 la apariencia de un texto con un programa.

Así es este libro. ¡Que triste!

Solo los títulos de algunos ensayos les servirán para desanimarse: Sobre la productividad en Francia y Alemania; La fantasía de la unión de transferencias, Parcosurp: se puede hacer mejor; la Asamblea parlamentaria franco-alemana, una oportunidad única para la justicia fiscal en Europa. Yummy! ¡Excitante!

No es que Piketty se caracterice por ser precisamente un divulgador excelso. Sus best sellers tampoco es que sean menos técnicos. En ese caso, sin embargo, uno sabe que fueron escritos para un público más amplio. Pero esta colección de columnas publicadas en Le Monde entre 2016 y 2020, están dirigidas a lectores europeos, específicamente franceses, y particularmente aquellos interesados (y muy bien informados) sobre los asuntos económicos de la Unión Europea. Sí, es cierto que lo que pase en Europa nos afecta a todos, que los cambios en los "modelos económicos" que haga la zona Euro pueden ser ejemplos importantes para los cambios acuciantes que necesita el resto del
mundo capitalista; pero no, estos artículos no son interesantes para todo el mundo (excepto naturalmente para los académicos).

Es un poco lamentable que un autor que se precia de defender nuevas ideas para un mundo libre del capitalismo individualista y desigual, un mundo en el que hagamos las cosas diferentes para que el capital no se concentre tampoco en las grandes editoriales, se preste para que una editorial venda un libro con un título atractivo, pero con un contenido engañoso.

Algunos me preguntarán "¿pero no te fijaste en la descripción del libro en la tapa?". Ese informativo epígrafe, que a veces es tan vago como un buen trailer de película y que normalmente nos sirve a todos para orientarnos sobre "las promesas" libro, en este caso parece escrito por alguien que solo leyó la introducción (o que simplemente no quiso profundizar en el engaño que representa el libro).

Otros dirán "¿y no viste las reseñas en GoodReads?". Les confieso que a pesar de escribir reseñas de todos mis libros, evito echarle un ojo a las reseñas de libros que no he leído para evitar sesgarme (me disculpo por el sesgo que leer esta reseña le puede estar produciendo a los 2 o 3 que llegaron hasta este punto). "¿Y la calificación?", esa si la miro, pero me he encontrado con libros muy mal calificados, que me han gustado mucho.

En síntesis: no, este libro no es una celebración del socialismo, es solo una compilación medio inteligente de algunas columnas de Piketty que contienen algunas de sus originales propuestas para un mundo más igualitario.

Ahora bien. Los que me conocen saben que trato siempre de ver el lado bueno de las cosas y en general soy muy positivo en mis evaluaciones de los libros aquí. También saben que no abandono un libro fácilmente y me obligo a leerlo completo por las sorpresas que pueda deparar.

En el caso de "¡Viva el socialismo!" también me encontré algunas sorpresas por las que creo que definitivamente vale la pena la lectura.

Definitivamente la Introducción es lo más rescatable del libro. Esas 33 paginitas, donde Piketty resumen algunas de sus propuestas para construir una sociedad menos desigual, al menos desde el punto de vista económico, son excelentes. Algunas de esas propuestas tienen antecedentes históricos bien conocidos, tal como la progresividad de los impuestos a los más ricos, que creó la bonanza económica y social de los países europeos y la USA después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Otras son bastante originales, y quienes han leído ha Piketty las reconocerán. Una de las que más me gusta es esa de que los jóvenes de 25 años reciban una herencia de entre 100.000 y 200.000 euros. Esto les permitiría comenzar su vida productiva con lo que llamamos en Colombia un "plante". ¡Que buena idea!

De las columnas les recomendaría (solo porque fueron las que más "resalte"): ¡Viva el Populismo!, El capital en Rusia, La quimera de la ecología centrista, Por una economía circular, Tras el negacionismo climático turno al negacionismo desigualitario (¡hágame el favor!, Afrontar el racismos reparar la historia.

En este hilito en Twitter algunas citas e ideas que pude recatar de entre los sesudos análisis económicos y políticos de "¡Viva el socialismo!"

[Carlos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, kinda nice. The book is a collection of his articles in Le Monde, kind of a nice introduction to his economic thought if you don't have the time to read his massive books.

Only issue is the title... Way too flashy imo. He defends a stronger EU, more taxes on wealth and for workers to be represented in corporation's boards... Is that socialism? Well... Kinda again. I guess the title is more of a statement from his side than anything else.

Anyways, a good collection of economic ideas and data, that'd maybe be cooler if had a conclusion at the end of the book (it only has an introduction)

[Felix · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pickettys „Sozialismus der Zukunft“ ist leider von vielen Wiederholungen gekennzeichnet. In den etwa 3- bis 10-seitigen Kolumnen, die er in der „Le Monde“ schreibt, stellt Picketty seine Gedanken über den Hyperliberalismus und Deregulierung des Finanzsektors der vergangenen Jahrzehnte dar und, in jeder Kolumne aufs Neue, seine Ideen zur Stabilisierung der Weltwirtschaft. Das Vorwort fasst im Grunde das gesamte Buch zusammen, die Hintergründe, die in den Kolumnen dargestellt sind, machen die knapp 230 Seiten trotzdem lesenswert und sind eine gute Einführung in Pickettys Denken und lässt seine Hauptwerke „Das Kapital im 21. Jahrhundert“ und „Kapital und Ideologie“ interessant wirken.

[William Sowka · Rating 4 out of 5]

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 2016-2021- many now in retrospect seem overly ambitious. Despite that, this book provides the reader with Piketty’s keen insight. However, more worthwhile is to read his most tracent book Capital and Ideology which was by far a better book.

[Keen Reader · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars!

“All societies need a grand narrative to justify their inequalities. In contemporary societies, the focus is on the meritocratic narrative.”

Most of these articles are short, pointed pieces with a strong Francocentric view of the economy and the ever shifting political landscape, but there’s also plenty of room for some wider political and economic issues, mostly taking in the US and Western Europe. He also explores the influence and/or issues of May 68, the Yellow vests, climate change denial, inequality denial, Franco-German relations and the suppression of the wealth tax, and he’s certainly fond of a graph or chart.

“According to Challenges, France’s 500 largest fortunes have thus risen from 210 to 730 billion euros between 2010 and 2020 (from 10% to 30% GDP). Such a development is socially and politically unsustainable.”

Piketty mounts a strong case for rewarding meaningful (and long-overdue) reparations for the victims of slavery and shows how over a billion US dollars was given to the Japanese after their temporary incarceration during WWII, and obviously slave-owners were rewarded over the actual slaves and he touches on ole Abe Lincoln's broken promises to the blacks and slaves. He also makes some refreshing points on the debt cancellation issue, reminding us that,

“Germany, France and the UK all found themselves with debts ranging from 200% to 300% of GDP post-WWII, which have never been repaid. Their debts were written off in a few years by a mix of cancellation pure and simple, inflation, and exceptional taxation of private property…The German external debt was frozen by the London Debt Agreement in 1953, and then definitively written off in 1991.”

Ultimately Piketty mourns the frustrating and often regressive mind-set and policies which keep the toxic status quo in place as a tiny, corrupt elite grow greedier and richer all the time at the expense of the environment and the vast majority of the world. These are interesting pieces and even the dull ones are manageable as you know another decent one isn’t too far away.

“If 100 billion euros of hydrocarbons are extracted from the ground (or fish from the seas), then we have an additional 100 billion euros of GDP. But as the stock of hydrocarbons (or of fish) has decreased by an equal amount, then national income has not increased by one iota.”

[juliazlr · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Marks54 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a collection of newspaper columns by Thomas Piketty that have been recently translated. They cover his reflections on recent social, political, and economic policies with a focus on particular policy issues, events, or political leaders and movements. This is very different from the huge economic volumes that Piketty has become known for but they are clearly related and give a good indication of how Piketty reflects on events and interprets their economics.

Economists do not generally produce such monumental volumes like Capital in the 21st Century but tend instead towards more focused economic studies that are published in economic and policy journals. If one is not used to such papers, they are difficult to pick and read through to get the gist of an arguments and/or a research result. A collection of columns/essays such as this one provides accessibility to Piketty’s thinking, at least to some degree. He is a wonderful writer and a superb explainer. Economics, especially global political economy, is an acquired taste but this book is a good volume for more general access. It also provides some insights on some of Piketty’s more important issues, for example the linkage between right-left politics of inequality and the politics of climate change and the reduction of carbon emissions. Piketty is also really sharp at noting the differences between Europe and the US. He clearly wants to compare and contrast how Europe and America stand on a range of issues but readily notes where the US and Europe are similar in their problems and where they differ, such as through the cumbersome unanimity rule for EU decision making across political boundaries versus the greater efficiency of the US federal government versus state government arrangement.

The book is similar to Paul Krugman’s collections of his columns. Piketty also provides numerous tables and graphs along the way to help readers follow his arguments. This book is not a substitute for reading his books but it is fun to read and valuable as well. I strongly recommend it.

[David Hindman · Rating 3 out of 5]

This collection of essays/op-ed pieces focuses primarily on European policies and politics, with attention given also the UK and US. I learned some interesting things along the way, e.g., while the US is often touted as having the best and most productive workers, Pitekky shows that we are no more productive than other workers; we simply work longer hours, thereby producing more. Also, I learned that worker/owner relations do not have to be the same as they are in the US; e.g., while almost all US companies give priority to stock holders with no input or power in the hands of employees, in some European countries, executive board membership is divided between workers and management, in some instances up to 50% of board membership being workers. That would surely change how business is done here in the US. Once again, our lack of awareness of how the rest of the world operates hinders us as a nation, and indeed our hubris blinds us to better economic possibilities than those narrow ones we currently consider.

[Benjamin Solidarity · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perfectly fine collection or essays from this leading social democrat economist. A little repetitive, and Piketty does have a sort or hammer sees everything as a nail issue where his flag ship cause of a progressive wealth tax is the solution to much of the world's problems. It's not a bad cause, it's a good idea, but it does get repetitive.

[Nikita Umov · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pilkupüüdev pealkiri, mis pani mind raamatut ostma.

Thomas Piketty on aastakümneid uurinud majanduslikku ebavõrdsust. Selles raamatus on ta üritanud keerukaid majandusanalüüse ja järeldusi teha laiemale avalikkusele kättesaadavamaks.

Viimaste aastakümnete jooksul on majanduslik ebavõrdus kasvanud. Ebavõrdsust saab mõõta nii sissetulekute kui vara alusel. Kõige jõukamate sissetulekud ja vara on kasvanud ebaproportsionaalselt palju. See on olnud poliitiline otsus alates 1980ndatest. Ettevõtte tulumaksu, varamaksu ning progressiivset tulumaksu on vähendatud või tühistatud. Selle eesmärk on soodustada ettevõtlust, mis võiks majandusarengule kaasa aidata. Selle tulemusena on suurenenud ülirikaste hulk, kuid majandustõus on aeglasem ning ebavõrdsus on suurenenud.

Piketty toob välja, et investeeringud haridusse on minevikus kaasa toonud majandusarengu ning ebavõrdsuse vähenemise. Tänase seisuga ei ole investeeringud oluliselt suurenenud, kuid ülikoolides (ja kutsekoolides) õpib oluliselt rohkem. Seega, investeering per tudeng on vähenenud.

Lahenduseks pakub ta järgnevate maksude kehtestamist: progressiivne tulumaks, varamaks ja ettevõtte tulumaks. Saadud raha suunata eeskätt haridusse. Haritum ühiskond on produktiivsem, tervem ja turvalisem.

Isiklikult, see ettepanek mulle meeldib. (Hariduslik)ebavõrdsus on mitmete sotsiaalsete probleemide juurpõhjus. Riigi eesmärk on tagada turvaline ühiskond, pakkuda haridust, meditsiini, aidata neid kel vähem vedanud ning kujundada keskkonda. Võim ning raha peavad vahetuma. Ei ole põhjust, miks (eeskätt) vanemate inimeste suurt vara ei võiks kasutada järgmiste põlvkonna investeeringuna.

[Robert D · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fascinating discussion of the difficult situations almost all countries find themselves in the financial as well as political world. There is so much to done in the inequality area as well as financing of everything from health, retirement, income and others areas.
Piketty lays out the many problems as well as solutions. It appears well researched and written. Unfortunately, most of the things that’s need to be done are not going to be done either at all or in the time needed to resolve the issues or fight global climate change to prevent disaster.

[Tralala Tralala · Rating 3 out of 5]

Underwhelming. This is just a collage of past texts. Texts authored by a grad from ENS Ulm, the most elitist, disconnected school in France, that's been producing France's government & corporate elites for decades, both left and right. Grads routinely pick a side depending on opportunities. He also (true to form) never worked in his life, because corporations are dirty, surely.
And then you have that profile telling you how the world economy should work.
While I agree that inequalities are a fertile ground for catastrophes down the road, I resent the cookie cutter format making swiping statements as if they were facts, the profusion of ideas and lack of actions, and when there are suggested measures, how silly they feel when you've actually done a day's work in real life.
We know thinkers aren't doers, but ultimately, this kind of feels like Marx: a privileged spoiled brat dreaming up non sense.
Ideas are cheap. Execution is hard.

[J. Corbett · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got sucked in by the title and the author, even though I had read reviews and knew I was getting into a collection of newspaper articles.

Having said that, I still think he should have taken the time to write an actual book. It's hard to follow the thread of most of the articles in how they relate to the title, which is unfortunate; it's a great title. I learned a LOT about EU politics, which was helpful, but I think this would have been better served as a unique written book, using these as backing articles.

I have Capital and A Brief History of Equality next, I know these are written as books with a complete narrative, looking forward to those. For this one, would not recommend it unless you're just a 100% Picketty fanboy/girl.

But darn it, such a great title.

[Ben · Rating 2 out of 5]

First off, let me start with how much I enjoyed Capital in the Twenty-First Century.

Unfortunately, Thomas seemed to have gone off the deep end.

This book was definitely not for me compared to his other books.

Would instead recommend reading one of his other books.

This was a very historical book and surprisingly "of the times" book.

1.8/5

[Denise · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book collects the author's Le Monde articles discussing politics and economics from 2016 to 2021, covering a range of topics. He has many good insights I wholeheartedly agree with, though at times I found his writing a bit too dry and some articles I largely skimmed. (Gotta admit: Economics is a subject that bores me to tears, and the more numbers an article contains, the quicker my attention drifts and my interest dwindles...)

[Tamára · Rating 3 out of 5]

Comprei um exemplar porque considerei o objectivo inaugural do livro extremamente pertinente.

Resumindo:
Vários temas sem qualquer introdução ou linha condutora.
Constituído por um conjunto de pequenas crónicas que bem podiam ter sido atiradas ao ar.

Não querendo tirar valor às reflexões que são feitas, mas não o posso considerar um livro bem sucedido.

[Jesper Linell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Et must hvis man er det mindste interesseret i lighed og retfærdighed. Og en klar genvej og/eller supplement til Pikettys 1200 siders Kapital og ideologi; genvej hvis man ikke orker de 1200, og - pædagogisk - supplement som trækker de politiske problemstillinger op så enhver lægmand kan forstå dem.
Letlæst, glimrende oversat og med herligt korte kapitler :-)

[Matthew Stienberg · Rating 4 out of 5]

A diverse and insightful collection of essays from the last five years on issues ranging from a more equitable tax structure, the current weight of inequality, to establishing a more democratic and participatory European Union.

[Alberto · Rating 4 out of 5]

Piketty nos da ideas interesantes para combatir la desigualdad e inequidad del sistema de producción capitalista.

[JS · Rating 1 out of 5]

So if the title of this book is a question, the answer is a redounding no. And of course I would think that. No surprise. But I’ve heard great things about Thomas Picketty. People I trust claim that he is brilliant. I just don’t see it. He had interesting ideas regarding income inequality, but nothing else tickled my fancy. He just cherry picked. He claimed GDP was flawed (and I agree), but then used GDP per hour worked as a statistic. This collection of articles was very cherry picked and left me feeling unimpressed. I already have his popular Capital in the 21st Century ready to go, so I’ll read it, but l now have low expectations

[Manuel Pinto · Rating 5 out of 5]

Um bom economista com excelentes ideias para repensar a Social-Democracia nos dias de hoje.

"Quando não se tem nada, tem de se aceitar tudo: um salário qualquer, umas condições de trabalho quaisquer, ou quase, porque em todos os casos, é preciso poder pagar a renda de casa e prover as necessidades da família. A partir do momento em que se possui um pequeno património, tem-se acesso a mais escolhas: podemos permitir-nos recusar determinadas propostas até aceitar a boa, podemos pensar em criar uma empresa ou então adquirir uma habitação e deixar de ter a necessidade de financiar uma renda todos os meses. Ao redistribuirmos a propriedade, podemos contribuir, desse modo, para a redefinição das relações de poder e domínio social."

[Luis Almeida · Rating 4 out of 5]

Então, é um livro bastante okay. É um livro apenas com crónicas entre 2016/2020. Ver coisas desatualizadas de crónicas antigas e previsões em que se fica "eheheh he doesn't know" é literalmente a parte mais interessante do livro. Este livro chama-se "Pelo Socialismo" mas ele nunca uma vez criticou o modelo Nórdico e literalmente usou-o como base. Ele deve ter referenciado Marx tipo 2 vezes no livro??? Até o Fukuyama foi muito mais inspirado em Marx. Eu já tinha lido algures que ele era apenas um social-democrata e tbh isto confirma-se. Mas é meio banger

[Gonçalo · Rating 3 out of 5]

A premissa/enquadramento do livro não corresponde ao conteúdo. É um conjunto de crónicas que embora abordem tópicos do mesmo universo não formam uma tese coerente e coesa - do início ao fim - que defenda uma visão do socialismo democrático no século XXI (o que indica o título do livro). São fragmentos avulsos teóricos que suportam diferentes medidas, sobre diferentes assuntos, ao longo do tempo.
Importante para saber diferentes opiniões, mas não o adequado para quem procura uma visão macro sobre o tema do livro.
Se não houvesse está colisão entre expectativas e execução, teria dado 4 estrelas.

[Dylan · Rating 4 out of 5]

More accessible than his other books, but at the expense of detail in parts. Well worth the read, however.

[Federico Sanchez · Rating 2 out of 5]

Es un libro muy interesante, trae propuestas innovadoras y otras, a mí parecer, carentes de viabilidad o realismo. Cabe destacar que llegó unos años tarde a su lectura y puede ser debido a ello que no termino de convencerme.

[Romina · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5

[Miguel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Collection of articles and blog posts from Piketty from the last 4 years; fairly sure that almost all of these are on his blog in both English and French. Good stuff and he really shines here when talking about EU / ECB / European matters. Although not as overall satisfying as his other 2 opuses.