Thomas Piketty spent 2014 being called a rock star. This was when the French economist’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century had become a bestseller, a popular Christmas gift with a stark message for capitalism — evolve or die. Now, he graduates to film star with a curiously timed documentary based on his breakthrough work. Events of the past six years barely register. Still, do any of us feel more secure about the future today?
在2014年,托馬斯•皮凱蒂(Thomas Piketty)被人叫做搖滾明星。那一年,這位法國經濟學家的《21世紀資本論》(Capital in the Twenty-First Century)成爲了暢銷書和受歡迎的耶誕節禮物,它向資本主義傳遞了一條嚴酷的訊息——要麼改變,要麼滅亡。現在,他成了電影明星,在一部根據他的突破性工作改編,時機有些奇怪的紀錄片中出鏡。過去6年的事情幾乎沒有被記錄在內。然而,我們中有誰對未來感到更安心嗎?