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The Disinherited Majority: Capital Questions - Piketty and Beyond
The Disinherited Majority Capital Questions Piketty and Beyond Author:Charles Derber Thomas Piketty s blockbuster 2014 book, Capital in the 21st Century, may prove to be a game-changer, one of those rare books such as Friedan s The Feminine Mystique, which helped spark a new feminist movement. The worldwide flood of commentary suggests Piketty s book has already opened a new conversation not only about inequality, but about clas... more »s, capitalism, and social justice.
Inherited wealth is at the heart of Piketty s book, and Derber shows how the disinherited majority is likely to affect the future. Derber shows that there are actually two Pikettys, different voices of the author on the 1%, inheritance, and capitalism itself that create a fascinating and unacknowledged hidden debate and conversation within the book. Drawing on Piketty s discussion, Derber raises fourteen capital questions with new perspectives on caste and class warfare, the Great Recession, the decline of the American Dream, and the Occupy movement that can guide a new conversation about the past and future of capitalism. This book will catalyze a conversation beyond Piketty already emerging in colleges and universities, town halls, coffee shops, workplaces, and political parties and social movements, an essential class for all Americans.« less