How much does inheritance affect our chances of success? How much does a manager earn compared to a worker? How much does the richest 1% of our country earn? And how much does the poorest half earn?
These pages draw on the most recent and cutting-edge studies to explore economic inequality in Italy: from the exploding gap between male and female workers to extreme social immobility, from the different consequences of climate change on rich and poor to the return of wealth and inheritance to late-nineteenth-century levels. Relying on the tools of academic debate, they expose the injustices these inequalities represent: not only outlining their magnitude, but also comparing them with those of other countries and historical periods.
Lidia Ceriani (University of Verona) and Giuseppe Pignataro (University of Bologna) will discuss the book with the curator Giacomo Gabbuti (Scuola Sant'Anna, Pisa); Stefano Toso (University of Bologna) will introduce and moderate.
This collective work on unequal Italy has the potential to change public discourse and Italian political debate. A fundamental read, a great book.
Thomas Piketty
An indispensable book not only for reflection, but also for pursuing social change.
Branko Milanovic