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Capital in the Twenty First Century

The examples thatThomas Piketty has of Jane Austen and Balzac,they're very fitting,...

The examples that
Thomas Piketty has of Jane Austen and Balzac,
they're very fitting, because when you read
Jane Austen, it is all about money, and this money is not
earned through work, it's not earned through
owning businesses, it's earned through land,
it's inherited land

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The examples that Thomas Piketty has
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of Jane Austen and Balzac, they're very fitting,
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because when you read Jane Austen,
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it is all about money,
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and this money is not earned through work,
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it's not earned through owning businesses,
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it's earned through land, it's inherited land.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
78
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:39
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.
WILLIAMS: Mr. Darcy, for example, in Pride and Prejudice, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
WILLIAMS: Mr. Darcy, for example, in Pride and Prejudice,
This land just creates money for him. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:04
This land just creates money for him.
CHARLOTTE: Miserable he may be, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
CHARLOTTE: Miserable he may be,
- LIZZIE: Tell me. - CHARLOTTE: 10,000 a year, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
- LIZZIE: Tell me. - CHARLOTTE: 10,000 a year,
WILLIAMS: Jane Austen created a fantasy - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:07
WILLIAMS: Jane Austen created a fantasy
But the reality is there's no way a Mr. Darcy would marry - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:09
But the reality is there's no way a Mr. Darcy would mar...
He would marry an heiress, possibly even a cousin, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:07
He would marry an heiress, possibly even a cousin,
WILLIAMS: Money marries money. There's nothing to do with love. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:06
WILLIAMS: Money marries money. There's nothing to do wi...
And what we see now, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
And what we see now,
In Britain, inherited wealth is everything... again. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
In Britain, inherited wealth is everything... again.
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 ♪