Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel on the struggle for equality

Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters is a wide-ranging discussion between economist Thomas Piketty and philosopher Michael J. Sandel on ways to think about and achieve real equality. Though its coverage of race, gender and stigmatised groups is limited, the transdisciplinarity, clarity and optimism of this book makes it an essential read for our times, writes Michael Vaughan. Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters. Thomas Piketty and Michael J. Sandel. Polity Books. 2025.