Why Save the Bankers?: And Other Essays on Our Economic and Political Crisis

"Coming on the heels of his masterwork, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, one might expect this to be the lesser contribution. In fact, Piketty unleashed on real-time economics is a revelation: he is lucid and persuasive — all the more so for being proved right about most of the events he is responding to, even though the full facts only came out later ... Piketty draws on a vast and unusual store of honesty and emotional intelligence." — PAUL MASON, GUARDIAN "How one economist tried to make sense of a rapidly changing world ... These columns are informed by Piketty's academic work, but the language he uses is both more accessible and more direct ... Universally applicable ... Delicious." — NEW STATESMAN "The perfect accoutrement for a Bernie Sanders rally." — BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK "Piketty fans will be fascinated ... He explains economic concepts to the lay reader with the kind of clarity that comes from a deep understanding of the topic." — INDEPENDENT "Piketty is back ... As with Capital, Piketty remains quietly optimistic." — EVENING STANDARD "Part of Piketty's charm lies in the fact that he doesn't mince words ... But his blunt statements are tempered with smart, analytical arguments ... Lessons and warnings [that] the entire world needs to hear." — POPMATTERS "Easy to follow for readers without much knowledge of economics, especially when [Piketty] picks apart topics that defy classical economic logic; in this he resembles Paul Krugman, who similarly writes clearly on complex topics ... Helps make sense of recent financial history." — KIRKUS REVIEWS "Piketty, the French Paul Krugman, has an extraordinary knack for translating the complexities of central bank finance, tax policy, regulation, and macroeconomics into lucid, down-to-earth language enriched by shrewd historical and cultural insights. This is a compelling challenge to economic orthodoxy." — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "Remember when everyone was obliged to pretend to have read Piketty's 700-page tome Capital in the Twenty-First Century? Now [comes] a Piketty for the proletariat, compiling eight years of the economist’s columns written for the French magazine Libération. The book begins in September 2008 just after the collapse of Lehman Brothers and takes readers through the aftermath of the crisis that followed, offering Pikettian analysis of the Obama presidency and the European Union’s debt woes." — THE MILLIONS, 2016 Most Anticipated Nonfiction "The questions explored in these brilliant essays cut to the heart of our failing economic and democratic systems. If you have been influenced by Piketty's landmark work on inequality, make sure to read this next." — NAOMI KLEIN, author of The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything

"The questions explored in these brilliant essays cut to the heart of our failing economic and democratic systems. If you have been influenced by Piketty's landmark work on inequality, make sure to read this next." — NAOMI KLEIN, author of The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything "Easy to follow for readers without much knowledge of economics, especially when [Piketty] picks apart topics that defy classical economic logic; in this he resembles Paul Krugman, who similarly writes clearly on complex topics ... Helps make sense of recent financial history." — KIRKUS REVIEWS "Remember when everyone was obliged to pretend to have read Piketty's 700-page tome Capital in the Twenty-First Century? Now [comes] a Piketty for the proletariat, compiling eight years of the economist’s columns written for the French magazine Libération. The book begins in September 2008 just after the collapse of Lehman Brothers and takes readers through the aftermath of the crisis that followed, offering Pikettian analysis of the Obama presidency and the European Union’s debt woes." — THE MILLIONS, 2016 Most Anticipated Nonfiction

"Coming on the heels of his masterwork, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, one might expect this to be the lesser contribution. In fact, Piketty unleashed on real-time economics is a revelation: he is lucid and persuasive — all the more so for being proved right about most of the events he is responding to, even though the full facts only came out later ... Piketty draws on a vast and unusual store of honesty and emotional intelligence." — PAUL MASON, GUARDIAN "How one economist tried to make sense of a rapidly changing world ... These columns are informed by Piketty's academic work, but the language he uses is both more accessible and more direct ... Universally applicable ... Delicious." — NEW STATESMAN "The perfect accoutrement for a Bernie Sanders rally." — BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK "Piketty fans will be fascinated ... He explains economic concepts to the lay reader with the kind of clarity that comes from a deep understanding of the topic." — INDEPENDENT "Piketty is back ... As with Capital, Piketty remains quietly optimistic." — EVENING STANDARD "Part of Piketty's charm lies in the fact that he doesn't mince words ... But his blunt statements are tempered with smart, analytical arguments ... Lessons and warnings [that] the entire world needs to hear." — POPMATTERS "Impressive ... These excellent essays presuppose little knowledge of economics and provide an overview in nontechnical language of events in the news in Europe, which have relevance to the United States ... Should appeal to lay readers and subject specialists alike." — LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred review) "Easy to follow for readers without much knowledge of economics, especially when [Piketty] picks apart topics that defy classical economic logic; in this he resembles Paul Krugman, who similarly writes clearly on complex topics ... Helps make sense of recent financial history." — KIRKUS REVIEWS "Piketty, the French Paul Krugman, has an extraordinary knack for translating the complexities of central bank finance, tax policy, regulation, and macroeconomics into lucid, down-to-earth language enriched by shrewd historical and cultural insights. This is a compelling challenge to economic orthodoxy." — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "Remember when everyone was obliged to pretend to have read Piketty's 700-page tome Capital in the Twenty-First Century? Now [comes] a Piketty for the proletariat, compiling eight years of the economist’s columns written for the French magazine Libération. The book begins in September 2008 just after the collapse of Lehman Brothers and takes readers through the aftermath of the crisis that followed, offering Pikettian analysis of the Obama presidency and the European Union’s debt woes." — THE MILLIONS, 2016 Most Anticipated Nonfiction "The questions explored in these brilliant essays cut to the heart of our failing economic and democratic systems. If you have been influenced by Piketty's landmark work on inequality, make sure to read this next." — NAOMI KLEIN, author of The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything

"Remember when everyone was obliged to pretend to have read Piketty's 700-page tome Capital in the Twenty-First Century? Now [comes] a Piketty for the proletariat, compiling eight years of the economist’s columns written for the French magazine Libération. The book begins in September 2008 just after the collapse of Lehman Brothers and takes readers through the aftermath of the crisis that followed, offering Pikettian analysis of the Obama presidency and the European Union’s debt woes." — THE MILLIONS, 2016 Most Anticipated Nonfiction

Acclaim for Capital in the Twenty-First Century #1 New York Times bestseller Over 1.5 million copies sold in all languages National Book Critics Circle Award finalist "It seems safe to say that Capital in the Twenty-First Century ... will be the most important economics book of the year—and maybe of the decade."—Paul Krugman, New York Times "Sweeping ... Piketty has written a book that nobody interested in a defining issue of our era can afford to ignore."—John Cassidy, New Yorker "An extraordinary sweep of history backed by remarkably detailed data and analysis ... Breathtaking."—Robert B. Reich, Guardian "Piketty's treatment of inequality is perfectly matched to its moment ... Piketty has emerged as a rock star of the policy-intellectual world."—Lawrence H. Summers, Democracy  "What makes Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century such a triumph is that it seems to have been written specifically to demolish the great economic shibboleths of our time ... Piketty's magnum opus."—Thomas Frank, Salon "The blockbuster economics book of the season."—Shaila Dewan, New York Times Magazine "Definitive."—Paul Starr, New York Review of Books "The most important work of economics since John Maynard Keynes's General Theory."—Harold Meyerson, Washington Post