Thomas Piketty spent 2014 being called a rock star. This was when the French economist’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century had become a bestseller, a popular Christmas gift with a stark message for capitalism — evolve or die. Now, he graduates to film star with a curiously timed documentary based on his breakthrough work. Events of the past six years barely register. Still, do any of us feel more secure about the future today?
在2014年,托馬斯?皮凱蒂(Thomas Piketty)被人叫做搖滾明星。那一年,這位法國經(jīng)濟學家的《21世紀資本論》(Capital in the Twenty-First Century)成為了暢銷書和受歡迎的圣誕節(jié)禮物,它向資本主義傳遞了一條嚴酷的訊息——要么改變,要么滅亡。現(xiàn)在,他成了電影明星,在一部根據(jù)他的突破性工作改編,時機有些奇怪的紀錄片中出鏡。過去6年的事情幾乎沒有被記錄在內(nèi)。然而,我們中有誰對未來感到更安心嗎?