According to Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Ever-Increasing

question 44

Multiple Choice

According to Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century, ever-increasing wealth inequality is a necessary and inevitable feature of almost all capitalist economic systems. The major exception to this rule was the:

• A) nineteenth century
• B) mid-twentieth century
• C) 1970s
• D) years since the 2008 recession

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