MSNBC’s Morning Joe: Income and Wealth Inequality

On today’s Morning Joe, Steven Rattner discusses Thomas Piketty’s groundbreaking book “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” on global income and wealth inequality. For charts, click here.

Is taxing wealth the way to solve inequality?

Top Talkers: In his new book “Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century,” economist Thomas Piketty takes on income inequality and suggests a “global tax on capital” could be the way to help solve the problem. Steve Rattner discusses.

On today’s Morning Joe, Steven Rattner presents some charts on income and wealth inequality from Thomas Piketty’s groundbreaking new book “Capital in the Twenty-First Century”.


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-Time Magazine

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