More equal than others

27 February 2025, The Tablet

‘I’m from Iowa,’ she said, ‘we know how to read in Iowa. We don’t much like ­people on the coasts’

illustration: Alamy, Jacek Lasa

Into the space of 120 large-type/narrow­measure pages, it condenses the essence of both Piketty’s Brief History of Equality and Sandel’s Tyranny of Merit and Democracy’s Discontent.

If brevity be the price of accessibility, then bring it on. Simply by being so reader-friendly, Equality lives up to its name. Anyone can understand it. Everyone should read it. Especially that old lady from Iowa.

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