Julia Cagé is Professor of Economics at Sciences Po Paris and the author of Saving the Media and The Price of Democracy. Thomas Piketty is Professor of Economics and Economic History at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and the Paris School of Economics. His books include A Brief History of Equality, Capital and Ideology, and the bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century.

A bold undertaking [that] will undoubtedly fuel political and social debate… A key concept highlighted as a determinant of voting is geosocial class, defined as… a cross-referencing of socioeconomic data and location within the territory.… Through the systematic use of this approach, [Cagé and Piketty] reach conclusions that contradict current political discourse. They make clear, in particular, that variables linked to geosocial class are far more important than those relating to religion and foreign origin.

Julia Cagé is Professor of Economics at Sciences Po Paris and the author of Saving the Media and The Price of Democracy. Thomas Piketty is Professor of Economics and Economic History at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and the Paris School of Economics. His books include A Brief History of Equality, Capital and Ideology, and the bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century.

A bold undertaking [that] will undoubtedly fuel political and social debate… A key concept highlighted as a determinant of voting is geosocial class, defined as… a cross-referencing of socioeconomic data and location within the territory.… Through the systematic use of this approach, [Cagé and Piketty] reach conclusions that contradict current political discourse. They make clear, in particular, that variables linked to geosocial class are far more important than those relating to religion and foreign origin.

Julia Cagé is Professor of Economics at Sciences Po Paris and the author of Saving the Media and The Price of Democracy. Thomas Piketty is Professor of Economics and Economic History at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and the Paris School of Economics. His books include A Brief History of Equality, Capital and Ideology, and the bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century.

A bold undertaking [that] will undoubtedly fuel political and social debate… A key concept highlighted as a determinant of voting is geosocial class, defined as… a cross-referencing of socioeconomic data and location within the territory.… Through the systematic use of this approach, [Cagé and Piketty] reach conclusions that contradict current political discourse. They make clear, in particular, that variables linked to geosocial class are far more important than those relating to religion and foreign origin.