Igualdad / Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters (Spanish Edition)

By Michael J. Sandel and Thomas Piketty

Dos de los pensadores m s influyentes de la actualidad reflexionan en este fascinante di logo sobre el valor de la igualdad en todos los mbitos.

Thomas Piketty y Michael J. Sandel abordan aqu temas que abarcan la econom a, la filosof a y la historia, y valoran cu nto hemos avanzado en la lucha por lograr una mayor igualdad entre las personas de todo el mundo. Al mismo tiempo, afrontan las profundas divisiones que a n persisten a causa de la desigual riqueza, el mal uso del poder y el deseo de estatus y muestran tanto sus acuerdos como sus discrepancias.

Este di logo nos permite vislumbrar nuevas posibilidades para el cambio y la justicia sociales, pero tambi n es un recordatorio de que el lento progreso hacia una mayor igualdad para todos nunca llega sin un profundo conflicto social y la lucha pol tica.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

In this compelling dialogue, two of the world's most influential thinkers reflect on the value of equality and debate what citizens and governments should do to narrow the gaps that separate us. Ranging across economics, philosophy, history, and current affairs, Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel consider how far we have come in achieving greater equality. At the same time, they confront head-on the extreme divides that remain in wealth, income, power, and status nationally and globally.

What can be done at a time of deep political instability and environmental crisis? Piketty and Sandel agree on much: more inclusive investment in health and education, higher progressive taxation, curbing the political power of the rich and the overreach of markets. But how far and how fast can we push? Should we prioritize material or social change? What are the prospects for any change at all with nationalist forces resurgent? How should the left relate to values like patriotism and local solidarity where they collide with the challenges of mass migration and global climate change?

To see Piketty and Sandel grapple with these and other problems is to glimpse new possibilities for change and justice but also the stubborn truth that progress towards greater equality never comes quickly or without deep social conflict and political struggle.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 8419951943
• ISBN13: 9788419951946
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Debate
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.