Capital in the Twenty-First Century
"The aim is to conserve their aristocratic power."
Has some hacks (<PERSON>, <PERSON>) but I finally gave this a go while listening to an audiobook of 'Capitalism Alone', which is pretty solid so far. This is a nice companion piece, presenting the economic changes (specifically wealth creation) through the past 300 years. I dug 'Inequality for All' for its use of graphics and stats, so I wish this leaned more in that vein rather than overly music-fied mood piece.
They never speak on the weaponisation of the dollar hegemony which controls other countries foreign currency reserves by a balance of payments deficit. The dollar became the global capital reserve which allowed the US to exploit this exorbitant privilege by its access to cheap foreign labor and recycling it through foreign wars and financialization of deregulated speculative assets.
I recommend <PERSON> debate with <PERSON> over debt. 714