Thomas Piketty’s Nature, Culture, and Inequality: A Comparative and Historical Perspective (2024) offers an analysis of inequality from historical, cultural, economic and environmental perspectives. Referring to the World Inequality Database and history, Piketty examines distribution of income, wealth and welfare across Europe, Middle East and South Africa. Author argues that inequality is not a natural process. It is a result of the choices of institutions, ideologies and people. Some other topics such as history of taxation, progressive redistribution and welfare state also included in the further chapters of the book. The last chapter of the book focuses on environmental inequality, focusing on carbon emissions and a globalized action for climate change. The book includes lots of comparative evidence as well as arguments, but it leaves empty spots on practical policy measures especially for taxation and environmental management. The target audience of the book is academics and researchers that seek data-driven perspective on historical roots and modern challenges of inequality.
XIII. ÉVFOLYAM 2025. SPECIAL ISSUES 2. 75-76
DOI: 10.24387/CI.SI.2025.2.13
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REFERENCES
Thomas, Piketty (2024): Nature, Culture, and Inequality: A Comparative and Historical Perspective. Publisher: Other Press, United Kingdom. p. 94., ISBN: 978-1-63542-457-7
