Robert Skidelsky

What makes Thomas Piketty so sure he can save the world?

In Capital and Ideology, he really believes he’s solved the riddle of history — but his arguments are riddled with errors

Thomas Piketty. Credit: Getty Images 
issue 28 March 2020
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  • Capital and Ideology

    Thomas Piketty, translated from the French by Arthur Goldhammer

    Harvard University Press, pp. 1150, £31

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