A Brief History of Equality

The Equality Revolution is a groundbreaking book that offers a sweeping and optimistic history of human progress towards equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding.

Written by the world's leading economist of inequality, this book provides a perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier works.

With elegance and concision, Piketty guides readers through the great movements that have shaped the modern world, including the growth of capitalism, revolutions, imperialism, slavery, wars, and the building of the welfare state.

Despite the history of violence and social struggle, Piketty shows how human societies have moved fitfully towards a more just distribution of income and assets, a reduction of racial and gender inequalities, and greater access to healthcare, education, and citizenship rights.

To keep moving towards equality, Piketty argues that we need to learn and commit to what works, and resist historical amnesia and cultural separatism.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the complex history of inequality and how to achieve a more just and equitable society.