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Capital in the Twenty First Century

The British Empirewas so powerful; they had a quarter ofthe world's population

WILLIAMS: The British Empire
was so powerful; they had a quarter of
the world's population

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WILLIAMS: The British Empire was so powerful;
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they had a quarter of the world's population.
Duration
5 seconds
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35
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:26
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.
And Germany, in particular, wanted a piece of the cake. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
And Germany, in particular, wanted a piece of the cake.
NAIDU: A lot of these new capitalists - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:07
NAIDU: A lot of these new capitalists
So particularly in Germany, you have these Junkers - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:09
So particularly in Germany, you have these Junkers
WILLIAMS: Britain and the Allied powers take on Germany - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:08
WILLIAMS: Britain and the Allied powers take on Germany
Instead, it goes on for years and decimates both populations. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
Instead, it goes on for years and decimates both populations...
World War I is, at its base, a fight over capital. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
World War I is, at its base, a fight over capital.
And we see this massive post-war economic crash. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
And we see this massive post-war economic crash.
So, you have this new idea after World War I, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:10
So, you have this new idea after World War I,
And the only way you're going to get money - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
And the only way you're going to get money
There is nothing in the working class and the middle class - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
There is nothing in the working class and the middle class
So you see the beginning of the drop in aristocratic power. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:05
So you see the beginning of the drop in aristocratic power.
And also what you see in the '20s is the growth of the power - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:12
And also what you see in the '20s is the growth of the ...
We sacrificed. You need to give us something back." - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:13
We sacrificed. You need to give us something back."
ARCHIVE: All of the crowds of the Empire City, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:07
ARCHIVE: All of the crowds of the Empire City,
♪ Gone are my blues, and gone are my tears ♪ - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:30
♪ Gone are my blues, and gone are my tears ♪
WOMAN: There was a boom in stock prices, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:10
WOMAN: There was a boom in stock prices,
You know, we have a mythology in this country, in particular, - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:09
You know, we have a mythology in this country, in particular...
♪ We're in the money, I'll say we're in the money ♪ - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:14
♪ We're in the money, I'll say we're in the m...
There were dodgy bankers doing dodgy deals knowingly. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:06
There were dodgy bankers doing dodgy deals knowingly.
It was a real free-for-all of capital. - Capital in the Twenty First Century 00:04
It was a real free-for-all of capital.