Michael Albertus

Piketty thinks South Africa needs to redistribute land. Democracies can’t do that. Dictators can.

Piketty thinks South Africa needs to redistribute land. Democracies can’t do that. Dictators can.


Professor Michael Albertus in a collared shirt next to a window

Michael Albertus

Title: Professor of Political Science; Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs in the Division of the Social Sciences

Expertise: Authoritarianism, Democracy, Politics

Departmental website: https://political-science.uchicago.edu/directory/michael-albertus