{"product_id":"capital-and-ideology-9780674980822","title":"Capital and Ideology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Seller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe epic successor to one of the most important books of the century: at once a retelling of global history, a scathing critique of contemporary politics, and a bold proposal for a new and fairer economic system.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Piketty's bestselling \u003ci\u003eCapital in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e galvanized global debate about inequality. In this audacious follow-up, Piketty challenges us to revolutionize how we think about politics, ideology, and history. He exposes the ideas that have sustained inequality for the past millennium, reveals why the shallow politics of right and left are failing us today, and outlines the structure of a fairer economic system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur economy, Piketty observes, is not a natural fact. Markets, profits, and capital are all historical constructs that depend on choices. Piketty explores the material and ideological interactions of conflicting social groups that have given us slavery, serfdom, colonialism, communism, and hypercapitalism, shaping the lives of billions. He concludes that the great driver of human progress over the centuries has been the struggle for equality and education and not, as often argued, the assertion of property rights or the pursuit of stability. The new era of extreme inequality that has derailed that progress since the 1980s, he shows, is partly a reaction against communism, but it is also the fruit of ignorance, intellectual specialization, and our drift toward the dead-end politics of identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce we understand this, we can begin to envision a more balanced approach to economics and politics. Piketty argues for a new \"participatory\" socialism, a system founded on an ideology of equality, social property, education, and the sharing of knowledge and power. \u003ci\u003eCapital and Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e is destined to be one of the indispensable books of our time, a work that will not only help us understand the world, but that will change it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674980822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.50w x 2.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2020 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/06\/2020 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arthur Goldhammer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36639863210140,"sku":"9780674980822","price":33.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3fb28f81-fc7e-4b81-94b8-dc6c69d52ef4.jpg?v=1603850773","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/capital-and-ideology-9780674980822","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}