Shortly before his death, Isak Andic had begun to outline what he wanted to be his final great work: a foundation intended to channel part of his fortune towards social causes. The founder of Mango was already discreetly collaborating with institutions like Sant Joan de Déu, but he wanted to turn that commitment into a legacy. The project never materialized. And this week, the judicial investigation into the businessman's death has made that unfinished philanthropic project a central piece of the case.has turned that unfinished philanthropic project into a central piece of the case..

"I can do whatever I want with my money; it's mine." Well, that's not exactly true. It's yours, yes. But you can't do whatever you want. The more you have, the clearer it becomes that you've accumulated it thanks to the collective work of many other people, thanks to the existence of infrastructure and public services, thanks to a legal system that ensures the proper functioning of the economy. Therefore, you have to pay taxes; you have an obligation to contribute to maintaining all of this. You can't just go about your business, without taking into account the environment that has favored you. Economist Thomas Piketty states: "You are not alone in the world, and you can't simply say, 'This money is mine.'"

Michael Sandel (Minneapolis, 1953) is one of the most renowned academics in the study of economic inequalities, their roots and their social, cultural and political consequences. With a slow-paced but forceful argument, Sandel addresses theCompanies at the Hotel Casa Fuster in Barcelona to talk aboutEquality, what it means and why it matters (Edicions 62, translated into Catalan by Imma Estany), a book that puts on paper a conversation between him and the French economist Thomas Piketty –another of the world's leading figures in the field of economicsstudy of equality–, in which they reflect on what to do to achieve societies and a world in which wealth and social justice are more balanced.