From Capital to Property: History and Justice in the Work of Thomas Piketty

Nicolas Brisset () and Benoît Walraevens

No 2021-28, GREDEG Working Papers from Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Economie, Gestion (GREDEG CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur, France

Abstract: This article reviews Thomas Piketty's latest book, Capital and Ideology (2020). We begin by placing the work in the context of the thesis developed by the author in his previous works, before pointing out a number of limitations. We first question Piketty's way of thinking about capitalism, before discussing his theory of ideology. Finally, we will try to define the scope and limits of Piketty's vision of overcoming capitalism, that is, his vision of a just society, a "participatory socialism", as it is presented in the last chapter of the book.

Keywords: Thomas Piketty; Capitalism; Property; Ideology; Social Justice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B4 B51 D63 N01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2021-06
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Published in Revue de philosophie économique, 2020, vol. 21, no. 2. pp. 145-185.

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