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Political Economy

    The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology, recommended by Thomas Piketty

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    The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology - The Great Demarcation: The French Revolution and the Invention of Modern Property by Rafe Blaufarb

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    The Great Demarcation: The French Revolution and the Invention of Modern Property
    by Rafe Blaufarb

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    The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology - Gold and Freedom: The Political Economy of Reconstruction by Nicolas Barreyre

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    Gold and Freedom: The Political Economy of Reconstruction
    by Nicolas Barreyre

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    The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology - Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945-1960 by Frederick Cooper

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    Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945-1960
    by Frederick Cooper

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    The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology - Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India by Nicholas B. Dirks

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    Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India
    by Nicholas B. Dirks

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    The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology - The Emergence of Globalism: Visions of World Order in Britain and the United States, 1939–1950 by Or Rosenboim

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    The Emergence of Globalism: Visions of World Order in Britain and the United States, 1939–1950
    by Or Rosenboim

The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology, recommended by Thomas Piketty

Throughout history, social and economic inequalities have been fueled and justified by different ideologies. French economist Thomas Piketty’s latest book, Capital and Ideology, looks at the advent and fall of these ideologies, and how they could evolve in the future. He recommends five great books to better understand these complex and always-evolving ideas, and their consequences for the world.

    The best books on Inequality, recommended by Danny Dorling

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    The best books on Inequality - The Challenge of Affluence by Avner Offer

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    The Challenge of Affluence
    by Avner Offer

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    The best books on Inequality - The Selfish Capitalist by Oliver James

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    The Selfish Capitalist
    by Oliver James

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    The best books on Inequality - Super Rich by George Irvin

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    Super Rich
    by George Irvin

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    The best books on Inequality - Stuffed and Starved by Raj Patel

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    Stuffed and Starved
    by Raj Patel

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    The best books on Inequality - The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett

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    The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
    by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett

The best books on Inequality, recommended by Danny Dorling

‘When it comes to human happiness the inequalities which matter most aren’t financial. They are in terms of health or education. When it really comes down to it, what matters most is that are you well, that you are going to live a long life, that your children are going to live a long life.’

    The best books on How the World’s Political Economy Works, recommended by Mark Blyth

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    The best books on How the World’s Political Economy Works - The Passions and the Interests by Albert Hirschman

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    The Passions and the Interests
    by Albert Hirschman

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    The best books on How the World’s Political Economy Works - The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes

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    The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
    by John Maynard Keynes

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    The best books on How the World’s Political Economy Works - The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi

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    The Great Transformation
    by Karl Polanyi

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    The best books on How the World’s Political Economy Works - Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy by Barrington Moore

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    Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
    by Barrington Moore

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    The best books on How the World’s Political Economy Works - The Rhetoric of Reaction by Albert Otto Hirschman

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    The Rhetoric of Reaction
    by Albert Otto Hirschman

The best books on How the World’s Political Economy Works, recommended by Mark Blyth

If you were the last person alive and had to leave a testament to how our world worked, which five books would you choose? Political economist Mark Blyth makes his ‘desert island’ choices.

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