Time for Socialism

Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016-2021

De: Thomas Piketty

Narrado por: L.J. Ganser

A chronicle of events that shook the world from the author of Capital in the Twenty‑First Century

Over the past four years, world-renowned economist Thomas Piketty documented his close observations on current events through a regular column in the French newspaper Le Monde. His pen captured the rise and fall of Trump, the drama of Brexit, Macron’s ascendance to the French presidency, the unfolding of a global pandemic, and much else besides, always through the lens of Piketty’s fight for a more equitable world.

This collection brings together those articles and is prefaced by an extended introductory essay, in which Piketty argues that the time has come to support an inclusive and expansive conception of socialism as a counterweight against the hypercapitalism that defines our current economic ideology. These essays offer a first draft of history from one of the world’s leading economists and public figures, detailing the struggle against inequalities and tax evasion, in favor of a federalist Europe and a globalization more respectful of work and the environment.

©2021 Thomas Piketty (P)2021 Recorded Books

Great book. Lots of data

Excellent book for understanding dangers of capitalism & racism. it is heavy on data (which makes it a little tough to manage as an audio book, but still with it. motivates me to purchase a hard copy.

Starts strong but needs more

Starts strong but needs more substance, direction in the second half to better organize

Good book - but most is not about US

I learned a lot from Piketty;s new book, but US readers should know that most of it is about the UK, France and other nations of Europe.

Don't bother

This is just a complication of op-ed pieces. I wish he'd used then as a basis for a coherent argument but alas. It's major plus is brevity otherwise read Capital and Ideology instead.

Too much data

Most of the author’s ideas are pie in the sky. I’m not saying they are all bad in fact most are pretty good. However human beings are not built this way especially in the USA. Rich people always want more , middle class people believe the poor don’t work hard enough and poor people are too easily manipulated against each other, e.g. racism. If Europe and the US could practice half of what the author recommends the world would be a better place. I enjoyed reading his ideas but it is more a work of fiction than realistic goals.