Thomas Piketty
Inequality is not an inevitable product of technology or economics, but a political choice justified by the stories societies tell themselves.
Inequality is driven by ideology and politics rather than being a necessary byproduct of technology or economic laws.
Modern political conflict has shifted toward a divide between the highly educated "Brahmin Left" and the wealthy "Merchant Right."
Piketty proposes a steep progressive tax on wealth to fund a universal capital endowment given to every citizen at age twenty-five.