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Capital in the Twenty First Century

But yet withina tiny amount of time, you have thisgovernment of bankers, and what they do...

But yet within
a tiny amount of time, you have this
government of bankers, and what they do is start to
create the elites once more

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But yet within a tiny amount of time,
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you have this government of bankers,
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and what they do is start to create the elites once more.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:18
Uploaded
Jun 07, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
GFC Films,Upside Télévision

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Based on Thomas Piketty's No. 1 New York Times Bestseller, Capital in the Twenty-First Century explores one of the most important and controversial subjects of our time: wealth, and who gets a share of the dividends.
♪ This is the land that fought for liberty ♪ - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:18
♪ This is the land that fought for liberty ♪
WILLIAMS: What we see in the late 18th - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
WILLIAMS: What we see in the late 18th
It replaces the work of people's hands with machines, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:10
It replaces the work of people's hands with machines,
This makes goods faster, it standardizes them, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:07
This makes goods faster, it standardizes them,
Capital's no longer this fixed thing that's your land - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:09
Capital's no longer this fixed thing that's your l...
You finally figure out that you can expand your own factory - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:14
You finally figure out that you can expand your own factory
And that's kind of what capitalism in its modern form - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:10
And that's kind of what capitalism in its modern form
But the gap between wages and productivity is substantial, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:11
But the gap between wages and productivity is substantial,
British master and servant law meant that it was a crime - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:07
British master and servant law meant that it was a crime
And, you know, this is getting actively used - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:17
And, you know, this is getting actively used
MAN: This whole idea developed around escaping the Old World - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:09
MAN: This whole idea developed around escaping the Old World
When the new world countries were being set up -- - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:16
When the new world countries were being set up --
And that's why a lot of these people wanted to get out - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:09
And that's why a lot of these people wanted to get out
It was this idea of moving beyond the class system, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:09
It was this idea of moving beyond the class system,
It wasn't a political movement, by and large. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
It wasn't a political movement, by and large.
And very quickly it was the wealthy that started dominating - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:06
And very quickly it was the wealthy that started dominating
NAIDU: If you're a white man in sort of, like, 1800-ish, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:09
NAIDU: If you're a white man in sort of, like, 1800-ish...
You've got this wide-open frontier; it's filled with land. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:04
You've got this wide-open frontier; it's filled wi...
But the big constraint on your production - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:06
But the big constraint on your production
So if you're a small family farmer, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:07
So if you're a small family farmer,