num_pages: 360
description: A chronicle of events that shook the world from the author of Capital in the TwentyFirst Century Over the past four years worldrenowned economist Thomas Piketty documented his close observations on current events through a regular column in the French newspaper Le Monde. His pen captured the rise and fall of Trump the drama of Brexit Macrons ascendance to the French presidency the unfolding of a global pandemic and much else besides always through the lens of Pikettys 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 worlds 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.
language: English
title: Time for Socialism: Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016-2021
publisher: Yale University Press