If Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century has been winking at you from bookshop windows, but you’ve not felt brave enough to dive into its 600-plus pages, here’s an incisive and entertaining primer on inequality in less than 90 minutes.

Our lively and charismatic guide is Robert Reich – public policy professor, best-selling author and Washington insider. Reich presents a history of the US economy with clarity and humour, showing how the widening income gap between rich and poor is affecting all of society. Far from a dry lesson, we cut away from the lecture room to interviews with venture capitalists and low-paid workers, along with some nifty animated graphics.

After the film, we’re very pleased to welcome the journalists Polly Toynbee and Tariq Ali, and City University Professor Ann Pettifor for what’s sure to be a fascinating and passionate discussion.

To purchase tickets please visit the Barbican website.