Capital in the Twenty-First CenturyHarvard University Press, 10 mar 2014 - 685 pagine The 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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... Britain and France date back to the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, and there would be many more such attempts over the course of the nineteenth century. But these were iso- lated estimates. It was not until the twentieth ...
... Britain and France date back to the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, and there would be many more such attempts over the course of the nineteenth century. But these were iso- lated estimates. It was not until the twentieth ...
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... Britain, Germany, Sweden, and the United States. These materials play a crucial role in this study, be- cause the significance of inequalities of wealth differs depending on whether those inequalities derive from inherited wealth or ...
... Britain, Germany, Sweden, and the United States. These materials play a crucial role in this study, be- cause the significance of inequalities of wealth differs depending on whether those inequalities derive from inherited wealth or ...
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... Britain, France and Germany, expressed in years of national income, for the period 1870–2010. Note, first of all, the very high level of private wealth in Europe in the late nineteenth century: the total amount of private wealth hovered ...
... Britain, France and Germany, expressed in years of national income, for the period 1870–2010. Note, first of all, the very high level of private wealth in Europe in the late nineteenth century: the total amount of private wealth hovered ...
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... Britain 500% 400% 300% 200% 100% 1870 1890 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 Figure I.2. The capital/income ratio in Europe, 1870–2010 Aggregate private wealth was worth about six to seven years of national income in Europe in 1910, between two ...
... Britain 500% 400% 300% 200% 100% 1870 1890 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 Figure I.2. The capital/income ratio in Europe, 1870–2010 Aggregate private wealth was worth about six to seven years of national income in Europe in 1910, between two ...
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... Britain. The data show, however, that the concentration of wealth was as large at that time in France as in Britain, which clearly demonstrates that equality of rights in the marketplace cannot ensure equality of rights tout court. Here ...
... Britain. The data show, however, that the concentration of wealth was as large at that time in France as in Britain, which clearly demonstrates that equality of rights in the marketplace cannot ensure equality of rights tout court. Here ...
Sommario
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The Dynamics Of The CapitalIncome Ratio | 111 |
The Structure Of In Equality | 235 |
Regulating Capital In The Twenty First Century | 469 |
Conclusion | 571 |
Notes | 579 |
Contents in Detail | 657 |
Tables and Illustrations | 665 |
Index | 671 |
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