Thomas Pickett's capital and ideology is a monumental achievement. The coverage is immense, the scope is terrifying, the knowledge and vision is astonishing in each of the 1,000+ pages. Apparently it claims to be an analysis of the origins, politics, and economics of inequality, but it goes much deeper and further than the brief information. This work is nothing more than a portrait of the history of the world economy and politics at the time of writing. Although history can be viewed in different forms over the centuries and perceived perspectives, book analysis on current political issues will always undergo more rapid change. I doubt Thomas Pickett himself would have guessed that just months after his work was published, the global economic and political landscape would be reshaped by a new microscopic virus. But that's what happened. And given the impact on the distribution of wealth and fortune that the authors attribute to the wars of destroying capital that shaped twen...
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