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On Thursday, February 8, Thomas Piketty joined Markus’ Academy for a conversation on his book, “A Brief History of Equality.” Thomas Piketty is a Professor of Economics and Economic History at EHESS and at the Paris School of Economics as well as codirector of the World Inequality Lab and the World Inequality Database.

Timestamps:
[0:00] Markus’ introduction and poll questions
[5:26] The state of equality today
[21:45] Brief history of equality
[34:21] How did the transformation happen?
[42:52] Looking to the future