Equality: What It Is and Why It Matters. Michael Sandel, Thomas Piketty

In this fascinating dialogue, two of the world’s most influential thinkers reflect on the value of equality and discuss what citizens and governments can do to narrow the gaps that divide people. Drawing on economics, philosophy, history, and current events, Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel examine how far we have come in achieving greater equality. At the same time, they address the extreme disparities that still exist in income, power, and status at the national and global levels.

Watching Piketty and Sandel grapple with these and other issues reveals new opportunities for change and justice, but also the harsh truth that progress toward greater equality never comes quickly or without deep social conflict and political struggle.