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Capital in the Twenty First Century

So if you, basically, arelooking to lend to somebody and they can offeran equivalent...

So if you, basically, are
looking to lend to somebody and they can offer
an equivalent amount of slave collateral versus land, you'd prefer the
slave collateral because it's much easier
to move them around or resell them or
something like that

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So if you, basically, are looking to lend to somebody
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and they can offer an equivalent amount of
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slave collateral versus land,
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you'd prefer the slave collateral
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because it's much easier to move them around
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or resell them or something like that.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:58
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.
WILLIAMS: It's no good speeding up production - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:06
WILLIAMS: It's no good speeding up production
So fashion fuels the Industrial Revolution. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:06
So fashion fuels the Industrial Revolution.
By the 19th century, the cult of fashion is all-encompassing. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
By the 19th century, the cult of fashion is all-encompassing...
Even working class women are trying to stay in fashion. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:06
Even working class women are trying to stay in fashion.
The idea that, "You can't wear that. That's from last season," - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:08
The idea that, "You can't wear that. That's f...
They think, "Well, it's still working, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:07
They think, "Well, it's still working,
And the industry that accelerates the fastest - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:07
And the industry that accelerates the fastest
In the 18th and 17th century, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
In the 18th and 17th century,
It wasn't really about present-giving; - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:07
It wasn't really about present-giving;
But by the mid-19th century, we have the Christmas cracker, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:06
But by the mid-19th century, we have the Christmas cracker,
People are bankrupting themselves - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:10
People are bankrupting themselves
NAIDU: Just as you were getting all these new technologies - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:13
NAIDU: Just as you were getting all these new technologies
It's actually this period of enormous conflicts, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:12
It's actually this period of enormous conflicts,
And the overwhelming use of the US Federal Army - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:08
And the overwhelming use of the US Federal Army
And the overwhelming use of the US Federal Army - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:09
And the overwhelming use of the US Federal Army
And similarly, today, we have this whole - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:15
And similarly, today, we have this whole
And so it's generating, again, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
And so it's generating, again,
ARCHIVE: In Berlin, the Germans know the hour - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:06
ARCHIVE: In Berlin, the Germans know the hour
NAIDU: There's like a cultural militarism that's happening - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:10
NAIDU: There's like a cultural militarism that's h...
ARCHIVE: The warlord is ceaseless, indefatigable, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:07
ARCHIVE: The warlord is ceaseless, indefatigable,