Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Film adaptation of economist Thomas Piketty's best-selling book. An eye-opening journey following wealth and power across time.

[Capital in the Twenty-First Century @Capital21stCent]

“A financial detective story that exposes our current crisis. Provokes a consistent sense of 'Whoa!'" - Variety

"A massive achievement, turning this weighty volume into enthralling cinema." - Austin Chronicle

Based on the NYT best-seller by Thomas Piketty

#CapitalTheFilm

[Capital in the Twenty-First Century @Capital21stCent]

@AlanRMacLeod 1800s

[Thomas Piketty @PikettyWIL]

Democracy vs oligarchy, the fight of the century
Trump's return to the White House must not lead to despair: democratic forces remain strong in the US as well as in Europe, India or Brasil. They will prevail!
https://t.co/oAFfycWoPP

[Capital in the Twenty-First Century @Capital21stCent]

@theoscarhoole @rustinpeace33 Apple pays a higher royalty per play to the artists. It also offers superior audio quality and more privacy protections. Be great if both companies paid taxes in the countries they make their sales though.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

united states is # 1

[Capital in the Twenty-First Century @Capital21stCent]

Runaway inequality is here... only a shock to the top can reverse it.

Call for new taxes on super-rich after 1% pocket two-thirds of all new wealth.

$26tn of new wealth created since start of pandemic went to richest

https://t.co/AzegRlJ3Zi

[Capital in the Twenty-First Century @Capital21stCent]

The top 0.00001 percent’s share of total wealth today is almost 10 times what it was four decades ago.

https://t.co/TGtbnZPxnK

[Thomas Piketty @PikettyWIL]

Redistributing wealth to save the planet
Do the governments of rich countries know how to count, or are they putting the interests of a small class ahead of those of the planet and the population ?
https://t.co/9DEYMo9l1j

[Andrea Smith 🌊🐝🐶🐱🌱💙 @dogparkgal]

Revisting this for tonight's viewing. I highly recommend it. @Capital21stCent
IMDb: : Capital in the Twenty-First Century
https://t.co/OtWlrrlCd2

[Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman]

Do we need billionaires for innovation and growth? Thomas Piketty is really sharp in this interview https://t.co/HfPfAof8FX /1

[Capital in the Twenty-First Century @Capital21stCent]

Inflation is gripping the world for the first time since the 1970s.

https://t.co/oj8qk79ajW

[Capital in the Twenty-First Century @Capital21stCent]

"If you look at opinion polls about a billionaire tax in the U.S. — among Democratic and also Republican voters — you have huge approval. So is the political system able to respond to this, or is it rigged?"

https://t.co/IVIlu7ZuRP

[Capital in the Twenty-First Century @Capital21stCent]

Most people in the world now live under an autocratic regime - over the last 10 years this has risen from 49% to 70%.

Democracy is good for your health.
https://t.co/uKw7T6hpv2

[Thomas Piketty @PikettyWIL]

Confronting war, rethinking sanctions
Current sanctions only affect a few hundred people, with little control and multiple loopholes, whereas tens of thousands of Russian fortunes invested in Western circuits should be systematically targeted
https://t.co/WGCznhWAxw

[Capital in the Twenty-First Century @Capital21stCent]

🤔 there must be a better model than this...

[Capital in the Twenty-First Century @Capital21stCent]

Something for the morbidly wealthy. America's most expensive house is on the market for $295,000,000.

https://t.co/AwgilwtOQp

[Capital in the Twenty-First Century @Capital21stCent]

Banking secrecy is an issue of global public interest that facilitates corruption and has a profound impact on the world’s poorest.

This #CreditSuisse leak exposes wealthy people involved in torture, trafficking, money laundering, and more.

https://t.co/DqpbPNEDk4

[Capital in the Twenty-First Century @Capital21stCent]

@commercialbae Try me! 🍿

[Oxfam International Media Team @newsfromoxfam]

PRESS RELEASE: 10 richest men double their fortunes in pandemic while incomes of 99 percent of humanity fall.

New billionaire minted every 26 hours, as inequality contributes to the death of 1 person every 4 seconds.

https://t.co/p0aXdNoPcr

#Inequality #DavosAgenda @wef

[Capital in the Twenty-First Century @Capital21stCent]

The Great Resignation -- but this is the fascinating story of the post-Black Death labor markets in England.

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

Once upon a time, a terrible disease swept the lands, prompting a great wave of resignations as low-waged workers walked off the job, rejecting offers of pay raises that would have been unthinkably lavish just a few years earlier. Their bosses went nuts. 1/

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@Ms_F_Tutu as a trojan horse!