Time for Socialism

What makes this manifesto noteworthy is that it comes from . . . an economist who gained his reputation as a researcher with vaguely left-of-center sensibilities but was far from a radical. Yet the times are such . . . that even honest moderates are driven to radical remedies. -Robert Kuttner, New York Times The ideas propounded are influential and represent a stream of thought which has considerable resonance both in Europe and the UK. -Bridget Rosewell, Reading Room for the Society of Professional Economists Lively, thought-provoking, grounded in facts, and resolutely optimistic-these essays grapple with the big questions of our time, from the rise of Trumpism and Brexit, to gender inequality and wealth taxation. -Gabriel Zucman, University of California, Berkeley Thomas Piketty's personal journey from liberalism to socialism, at a time when socialism was in retreat, is a mark of the man's ethos but also evidence of the soul crushing inhumanity of our post-2008 hypercapitalism. Reading this volume of collected essays offers important glimpses to the parallel evolution of our political economy and of one of its most renowned scholars. -Yanis Varoufakis, author of Another Now and leader of MeRA25 in Greece's Parliament