Capital in the Twenty-First Century is a mash-up of pop culture through time that reflects the moods of the eras it traverses - from Jane Austin to The Simpsons - and it's all set to a killer soundtrack! That said, the film is also careful not to dumb down the economics. never has economics been more entertaining. It doesn't reject capital, but instead calls for it to be tamed. The film is a call to rewire capitalism to produce fairer outcomes for the majority of the population. Already today the very wealthy are able to avoid paying taxes - just like the aristocracy of the past - and many use their wealth to distort democracy for their benefit. It's a world where social mobility is low and inheritance is king. The film is based on the best-selling book of the same name by French economist Thomas Piketty, who's research suggests we're trending back to a world resembling 18th Century style capitalism - where a small number of mega-rich own everything and the rest of us are forced to 'rent' our lives and where the middle-class shirks back to be almost as poor as the poorest. A memorising journey through time following the flow of wealth across centuries to give insight into where we might be heading.
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