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From capital to property: History and justice in the work of Thomas Piketty
[Du capital à la propriété: Histoire et justice dans le travail de Thomas Piketty]

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  • Nicolas Brisset

    (GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur)

  • Benoît Walraevens

    (CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université)

Abstract

Le présent article revient sur le dernier ouvrage de Thomas Piketty, Capital et idéologie (2019). Nous commençons par inscrire l'ouvrage dans l'argument développé par l'auteur dans ses précédents ouvrages, avant d'en souligner un certain nombre de limites. Nous questionnons d'abord la manière dont Piketty pense le capitalisme, avant d'en venir à sa théorie de l'idéologie. Enfin, nous tenterons de définir les contours et limites du projet de dépassement du capitalisme de Piketty, c'est-à-dire sa vision d'une société juste, d'un « socialisme participatif », développée au dernier chapitre de l'ouvrage.

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  • Nicolas Brisset & Benoît Walraevens, 2021. "From capital to property: History and justice in the work of Thomas Piketty [Du capital à la propriété: Histoire et justice dans le travail de Thomas Piketty]," Post-Print hal-03250042, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03250042
    DOI: 10.3917/RPEC.212.0145
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    Keywords

    Capitalism; Ideology; Property; Social Justice; Thomas Piketty;
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    JEL classification:

    • B4 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology
    • B51 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Socialist; Marxian; Sraffian
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • N01 - Economic History - - General - - - Development of the Discipline: Historiographical; Sources and Methods

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