- Capital in the Twenty-First Century – Thomas Piketty
This is a discourse on capital – the nurture and the impact – including the creation of inequality and how it can be mitigated. The book by a young French economist became a bestseller on Amazon in 2014, a rarity for an economics book. The premise of Piketty is that invested capital will grow faster than income, hence the rich will get richer and the salaried 99% will find it hard to break into the wealthy 1% group. “I admire his work and hope it draws in more smart people to study the causes of, and cures for, inequality,” says Gates.
