The Great Leveler by Walter Scheidel
Aug 11, 2026 · 47 min · 9 segments
In this episode Jerry and Stably discussed…
Aug 11, 2026 · 47 min · 9 segments
In this episode Jerry and Stably discussed…
This is, um...
It's a, it's a fun little time capsule, right? Uh, at least for, for someone like me, because it's written, you know, pre-COVID.
Yeah.
Um, I think even pre-Donald.
Um, there's a reissue.
Piketty, yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, yeah.
So, you know, if you were, if you were in, uh, DC or some other, some other douchebag town in the, uh, 2010s-
Yeah
...
in the Obama era, you know, everyone's walking around with their Piketty, Piketty book pretending to read it.
[laughs]
Uh, so in honor, I pretended to read this book.
I'm kidding.
[laughs] And, you know, inequality, what was the big, that was the big thing, right? That was before everyone got bored 'cause it was too technical and moved on to systemic racism and, um, whatever else-
Yeah
...
the, um, the trans genocide.
[laughs]
So, [laughs] so yeah, it was, uh, it, it...
Anyway, it was kind of just interesting to me that, like, this is what the book is about.
Anyway, but that's what the book is about.
This is, um...
It's a, it's a fun little time capsule, right? Uh, at least for, for someone like me, because it's written, you know, pre-COVID.
Yeah.
Um, I think even pre-Donald.
Um, there's a reissue.
Piketty, yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, yeah.
So, you know, if you were, if you were in, uh, DC or some other, some other douchebag town in the, uh, 2010s-
Yeah
...
in the Obama era, you know, everyone's walking around with their Piketty, Piketty book pretending to read it.
[laughs]
Uh, so in honor, I pretended to read this book.
I'm kidding.
[laughs] And, you know, inequality, what was the big, that was the big thing, right? That was before everyone got bored 'cause it was too technical and moved on to systemic racism and, um, whatever else-
Yeah
...
the, um, the trans genocide.
[laughs]
So, [laughs] so yeah, it was, uh, it, it...
Anyway, it was kind of just interesting to me that, like, this is what the book is about.
Anyway, but that's what the book is about.
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