The Opinion Pages|CONTRIBUTING OP-ED WRITER

Capitalism vs. Democracy
JAN. 28, 2014

Thomas B. Edsall

Thomas Piketty’s new book, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,”described by 
one French newspaper as a “a political and theoretical bulldozer,” defies left 
and right orthodoxy by arguing that worsening inequality is an inevitable 
outcome of free market capitalism.

Piketty, a professor at the Paris School of Economics, does not stop there. He 
contends that capitalism’s inherent dynamic propels powerful forces that 
threaten democratic societies.

Full at :       
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/opinion/capitalism-vs-democracy.html?hp&rref=opinion
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