A Guardian book to look out for in 2024 An insightful exploration of the nature of inequality
by the internationally bestselling author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century . In his
newest work Thomas Piketty explores how social inequality manifests itself very differently
depending on the society and epoch in which it arises. History and culture play a central role
inequality being strongly linked to various socio-economic political civilisational and
religious developments. So it is culture in the broadest sense that makes it possible to
explain the diversity extent and structure of the social inequality that we observe every
day. Piketty briefly and concisely presents a lively synthesis of his work taking up such
diverse topics as education inheritance taxes and the climate crisis and provides exciting
food for thought for a highly topical debate: Does natural inequality exist?
