Assignment task:
Review: Capital In The Twenty-First Century
Director: Justin Pemberton Year: 2020 Run time: 103 minutes
Documentary Questions: Answer the following four questions. Please number each answer.
Q1. What are the defining features of capitalism that Piketty speaks about at the beginning of the movie?
Q2. How is today's 21st century economy similar to the economy of the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
Q3. What point does Piketty make about the impact that excessive concentration of capital in the hands of the rich has on democracy and income inequality?
Q4. If you had a chance to ask any person in the film a question, who would you ask and what would the question be? Explain why you came up with your question specifically for this person and what do you hope to learn from their answer.