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Capital in the Twenty First Century

It's easier to build a property, and maybe you don'tfill that property, maybe all the...

It's easier to build a property, and maybe you don't
fill that property, maybe all the apartments in
the property aren't filled, but you know in five years' time
that property will be worth so much more, that your business
is really to sit on assets and hope their value rises, rather than to try and make
money by risking your money in activities like open a
factory or invent something new

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It's easier to build a property,
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and maybe you don't fill that property,
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maybe all the apartments in the property aren't filled,
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but you know in five years' time that property will be worth
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so much more, that your business is really to sit on assets
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and hope their value rises,
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rather than to try and make money by risking your money
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in activities like open a factory or invent something new.
Duration
27 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
01:23:15
Uploaded
Jun 07, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
GFC Films,Upside Télévision

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Movie Summary

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.
EDWARDS: If you own a house, you're making capital gains - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:09
EDWARDS: If you own a house, you're making capital gain...
And this changes the whole way the housing situation operates. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
And this changes the whole way the housing situation operate...
This housing crisis that's happening - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:09
This housing crisis that's happening
Most people view this as some sort of generational fight. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
Most people view this as some sort of generational fight.
The baby boomers benefited from buying houses - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:14
The baby boomers benefited from buying houses
Those at the bottom, I think, are quite polarized -- - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:07
Those at the bottom, I think, are quite polarized --
These houses, essentially, earn more money than they do, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:06
These houses, essentially, earn more money than they do,
MASON: It transmits to the poor or middle class person - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:17
MASON: It transmits to the poor or middle class person
SHAHEEN: Young people are naturally more hopeful. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
SHAHEEN: Young people are naturally more hopeful.
But they are aware, they are acutely aware, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:07
But they are aware, they are acutely aware,
You know, why is it, to educate yourself, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:08
You know, why is it, to educate yourself,
And a lot of young people feel infantiled. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
And a lot of young people feel infantiled.
Why does my incredibly smart 26-year-old brother-in-law - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:07
Why does my incredibly smart 26-year-old brother-in-law
He's asking that, my in-laws are asking that. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
He's asking that, my in-laws are asking that.
What we've told people is that, "You're not poor; - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:06
What we've told people is that, "You're not p...
And because of that, don't worry about inequality, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:19
And because of that, don't worry about inequality,
The rungs of the ladder grow apart, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:12
The rungs of the ladder grow apart,
That's something that you find again and again in the data. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:06
That's something that you find again and again in the d...
And people aren't stupid -- they recognize that. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
And people aren't stupid -- they recognize that.
TETT: Essentially, what's happening is that you're - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:14
TETT: Essentially, what's happening is that you're