Capital in the Twenty-First CenturyThe main driver of inequality--returns on capital that exceed the rate of economic growth--is again threatening to generate extreme discontent and undermine democratic values. Thomas Piketty's findings in this ambitious, original, rigorous work will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality. |
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User Review - Dokfintong - LibraryThingThis book is required reading for anyone interested in the underlying structure of monetary policy. Piketty was unabashedly conservative, favoring tax structures that inhibit the natural tendency of ... Read full review
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User Review - RajivC - LibraryThingThis is an excellent book and one to be read a few times. In the concluding section of the book, Thomas Piketty admitted some of his conclusions are tenuous and should be debated. This is rare for an ... Read full review
Contents
Introduction | |
Income and Capital | |
Income and Output | |
Illusions and Realities | |
The Dynamics of the CapitalIncome Ratio | |
The Metamorphoses of Capital | |
From Old Europe to the New World | |
Inequality of Capital Ownership | |
Merit and Inheritance in the Long | |
Global Inequality of Wealth in the TwentyFirst Century | |
Regulating Capital in the TwentyFirst Century | |
A Social State for the TwentyFirst Century | |
Rethinking the Progressive Income | |
A Global Tax on Capital | |
The Question of the Public Debt | |
The CapitalIncome Ratio over the Long | |
The CapitalLabor Split in the TwentyFirst Century | |
The Structure of Inequality | |
Preliminary Bearings | |
Two Worlds | |
Inequality of Labor Income | |
Conclusion | |
Notes | |
Contents in Detail | |
List of Tables and Illustrations | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Capital in the Twenty-First Century |
| Author | Thomas Piketty |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press, 2014 |
| ISBN | 0674369556, 9780674369559 |
| Length | 695 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development Business & Economics / Economic History Business & Economics / Economics / Comparative Business & Economics / Economics / Theory Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy |
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