“The most important economics book of the year―and maybe of the decade.” —Paul Krugman,New York Times, onCapital in the Twenty-First CenturyA bestselling economist’s history of inequality and guide to a more just, sustainable world, distilled into an engaging and accessible pocket-sized text.In this unique work, Thomas Piketty presents a synthesis of his historical and comparative research on inequality. He challenges the idea that there could be natural inequalities and shows that the march toward equality has always depended on political and social struggles, addressing diverse topics such as:education,inheritance,the climate crisis,the taxation of wealth, andgender disparities.Adapted from Piketty’s 2022 lecture at the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac,Nature, Culture, and Inequalitymakes his important argument...