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El camino hacia la igualdad es fruto de luchas y rebeliones contra la injusticia, y resultado de un proceso de aprendizaje de medidas institucionales y sistemas legales, sociales, fiscales y educativos que nos permitan hacer de la igualdad una realidad duradera. Thomas Piketty, economista francés y especialista en desigualdad económica, se dirige a un amplio público y presenta una síntesis que trasciende las fronteras nacionales y disciplinarias.

The leading lights of the tech revolution – Gates, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk – have been hailed as savants and saviours of the modern age. And yet they are at the forefront of wealth inequality not seen since the heyday of the robber barons in the late 19th century, part of the slide to the First World War. Today, rampant inequality is inciting social unrest and undermining faith in the institutions of the democratic state. Citizens have been left at the mercy of unfettered capitalism – mere data subjects, endlessly surveilled, marshalled and increasingly angry and polarised.