Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Name: Capital in the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9780674430006

by Thomas Piketty

National Book · 2014 · Shortlist

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Harvard University PressApril 15, 2014NonfictionISBN 9780674430006

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction	2014	Shortlist

About This Book

Thomas Piketty's landmark study of wealth and income inequality across three centuries of data from twenty countries argues that capitalism structurally tends toward greater concentration of wealth. Translated from French by Arthur Goldhammer, the book became an unlikely bestseller and reshaped global debate about economic inequality. Shortlisted for the NBCC Award for Nonfiction.

About the Author

Thomas PikettyFrench

Thomas Piketty (born 1971) is a French economist renowned for his work on wealth and income inequality. He is a professor at EHESS, associate chair at the Paris School of Economics, and Centennial Professor at the LSE's International Inequalities Institute, with notable works including Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2013) and Capital and Ideology (2019). His career highlights include earning a PhD at age 22, winning the Yrjö Jahnsson Award (2013), and advising political figures like Ségolène Royal.