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Mentioned in 14 episodes

Capitalist in the 21st Century

Book •

Author

Matthew Smith et al.

Mentioned by

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

Mentioned in 14 episodes

Mentioned in reference to its assertion that the value of capital tends to increase faster than wages over time.

348 snips

The Past and Future of Societal Collapse: Why Civilizations Fall and What We Can Learn From It with Luke Kemp

Mentioned by

Catherine Liu

as the author responsible for the term 'Brahmin left'.

70 snips

Doomscroll 23: Catherine Liu

Mentioned by

Deedy Das

to illustrate that inequality increases with growth and development.

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Inside Silicon Valley's VC Playbook | WTF is Venture Capital? - 2025 Edition | Ep. 24

Mentioned as a book that explains how high income inequality calcifies into high wealth inequality.

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Heather Boushey on Rebounding From Covid & Biden's Economic Policies

Mentioned as an example of how the financial economy grows faster than the real economy.

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Civilization #6 - Elite Overproduction and the Bronze Age Collapse

Mentioned by

Katie Gatti-Tossan

while discussing wealth inequality in America.

21 snips

Is This Simple Idea the Solution for America's Wealth Inequality?

Mentioned by the lecturer in the context of financialism, rent-seeking, and how capital consolidates over time.

19 snips

Civilization #31 - The Oceanic Currents of History

Mentioned by

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

as a study using digitized tax records.

17 snips

Your gut instinct is usually wrong

Mentioned as a bestseller highlighting income and wealth inequality.

16 snips

‘Outdated and unjust’: can we reform global capitalism?

Mentioned by

Guy Swann

as an incredible paper titled Capital in the 21st Century.

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Reboot - Read_750 - Capital in the 21st Century

Mentioned by

Caroline Hepker

, noting

Thomas Piketty

is the author, and it argues for wealth taxes.

Russia ‘Is Testing Us', $100B Nvidia-OpenAI Deal, Piketty Demands Wealth Tax

Mentioned by

Nancy Neiman

as a book by a tenured economics professor who researched and wrote it outside of the US due to neoclassical economics dominance.

Nancy Neiman, "Markets, Community and Just Infrastructures" (Routledge, 2020)

Mentioned by

Nancy Neiman

, pointing out Piketty's move back to France to research and write it due to the dominance of neoclassical economics in the U.S.

Nancy Neiman, "Markets, Community and Just Infrastructures" (Routledge, 2020)

Mentioned by

Richard Murphy

as a book that explains the formula R > G, detailing how wealth grows faster than wages.

Why the rich always win

Mentioned by

Scott Rank

as a book that looks back on centuries of Western economics and argues that capitalism inherently concentrates wealth and increases poverty.

Did Tariffs Make America a Manufacturing Powerhouse Or Trigger Economic Misery and Stifle Global Trade?

Mentioned by

Javier Mejia

as one of

Thomas Piketty

's New York Times bestsellers.

Thomas Piketty, "A Brief History of Equality" (Harvard UP, 2022)

Mentioned by

Javier Mejia

as one of

Thomas Piketty

's New York Times bestsellers.

Thomas Piketty, "A Brief History of Equality" (Harvard UP, 2022)

Mentioned by

Javier Mejia

as one of

Thomas Piketty

's New York Times bestsellers.

Thomas Piketty, "A Brief History of Equality" (Harvard UP, 2022)

Mentioned by

Nick Capodice

as a famous book by economist Thomas Piketty, central to which is the equation R is greater than G.

Billionaires

Mentioned when discussing the impact of rising inequality on political discourse.

With allies like these: NATO’s bickering leaders hold a summit

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