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Topic: Capital in the 21st Century

This undated frame grab from a television ad provided by the Illinois Freedom PAC shows a political ad criticizing venture capitalist Bruce Rauner, a candidate for the Republican nomination for Illinois governor. Labor unions, which funded the ad, have taken an unprecedented role in the March 18 Republican primary. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Illinois Freedom PAC) (AP)

The plutocratic candidate slate

Les Leopold - Alternet
Thomas Piketty (Reuters/Charles Platiau)

Lynn Stuart Parramore - Alternet
Thomas Piketty (Reuters/Charles Platiau)

Lynn Stuart Parramore - Alternet
(AP/Bebeto Matthews)

Gates flubs Piketty review

Luke Brinker
Thomas Piketty, Neil deGrasse Tyson (Reuters/Charles Platiau/AP/Frank Micelotta)

Rise of the myth busters

Paul Rosenberg
Elizabeth Warren, Thomas Piketty (Reuters/Joshua Roberts/Charles Platiau)

Lynn Stuart Parramore - Alternet
Paul Krugman (Reuters/Brendan Mcdermid)

Krugman destroys Piketty foes

Elias Isquith
Thomas Piketty (Reuters/Benoit Tessier)

Piketty's haters fail again

Matt Bruenig
Thomas Piketty, Paul Krugman (Reuters/Charles Platiau/Anton Golubev)

Piketty's numbers aren't wrong

Paul Rosenberg
Elizabeth Warren, Thomas Piketty (Reuters/Joshua Roberts/Charles Platiau)

Sean McElwee
Thomas Piketty, Larry Summers (Reuters/Charles Platiau/Jonathan Ernst/Salon)

Summers corrects Piketty

Andrew Leonard
Thomas Piketty (Reuters/Charles Platiau/Salon)

Lynn Stuart Parramore - Alternet
Thomas Piketty, Paul Krugman (Reuters/Charles Platiau/Anton Golubev)

Piketty's victory not complete

Thomas Frank
Rush Limbaugh (AP/Chris Carlson/Salon)

How to win any Piketty debate

Sean McElwee
(Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Lynn Stuart Parramore - Alternet
Thomas Piketty (Reuters/Charles Platiau/Salon)

Piketty's "Capital" revolution

Sean McElwee
Donald Trump (AP/Mary Altaffer/Reuters/Steve Marcus)

Why the New Gilded Age is fake

Andrew O'Hehir