Friday 1 January 2016

Capital in the 21st Century - Thomas Piketty

This brick filled my holidays a bit more than it should have. Not wanting to talk to anyone I lay on the bed Mireille had as a teenager and read about the injustices inherent in capitalism that come about from the fact that the return on capital, particularly large amounts of capital, grows faster than the growth of the economy in general. Meaning the wealthy get wealthier and hold more and more of the wealth in society.

The breadth of the research was great and the writing clear, and it made me proud to understand the numbers of business which might be how I tie my accounting thing into a social justice job.
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