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In Britain, inherited wealth is everything... again
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Capital in the Twenty First Century

In Britain, inherited wealthis everything... again

In Britain, inherited wealth
is everything... again

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In Britain, inherited wealth is everything... again.
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Timestamp in Movie
00:10:09
Uploaded
Jun 07, 2025
Genres
documentary
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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.
Nowadays, 1% of the population owns 70% of our land. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:06
Nowadays, 1% of the population owns 70% of our land.
♪ I've been broke all my life - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:07
♪ I've been broke all my life
♪ Oh, I done worked all my life ♪ - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:22
♪ Oh, I done worked all my life ♪
The way the elite stays in power and passes on their privilege - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:08
The way the elite stays in power and passes on their privile...
♪ How does it feel to be ri-i-ich? ♪ - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:23
♪ How does it feel to be ri-i-ich? ♪
The problem is that extreme inequality - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:12
The problem is that extreme inequality
Because if you have a situation where an elite - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:12
Because if you have a situation where an elite
WILLIAMS: In the French Revolution, the banner is - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:08
WILLIAMS: In the French Revolution, the banner is
But yet within a tiny amount of time, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:10
But yet within a tiny amount of time,
♪ 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