If we are to believe this [0], it's actually the other way around: inequality is the meme of the day precisely because he's been writing big weighty books about

If we are to believe this [0], it's actually the other way around: inequality is the meme of the day precisely because he's been writing big weighty books about it for a while. [0]: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/may/08/thomas-piketty-new-gilded-age/ http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/may/08/thomas-... It's a long review, but even just the first paragraphs are worth a skim - for me as a lay person they were very enlightening as to why this work makes a difference.