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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Thomas Piketty. Contents Acknowledgments . vii Introduction . 1 Part One: Income and Capital 1. Income and Output . 39 2. Growth: Illusions and Realities . 72 Part Two: The Dynamics of the Capital/Income Ratio 3. The Metamorphoses of ...
Thomas Piketty. Contents Acknowledgments . vii Introduction . 1 Part One: Income and Capital 1. Income and Output . 39 2. Growth: Illusions and Realities . 72 Part Two: The Dynamics of the Capital/Income Ratio 3. The Metamorphoses of ...
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... financial capital) over a very long period of time. We can measure this wealth for each country in terms of the number ofyears of national income required to amass it. This type ofglobal study of the capital/income ratio has its limits ...
... financial capital) over a very long period of time. We can measure this wealth for each country in terms of the number ofyears of national income required to amass it. This type ofglobal study of the capital/income ratio has its limits ...
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... income inequality in the United States, while the curves in Figure I.2 depict the capital/income ratio in several European countries (Japan, though not shown, is similar). It is not out of the question that the two forces of divergence ...
... income inequality in the United States, while the curves in Figure I.2 depict the capital/income ratio in several European countries (Japan, though not shown, is similar). It is not out of the question that the two forces of divergence ...
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... capital/income ratio decreased to just 2 or 3. We then observe a steady rise from 1950 on, a rise so sharp that private fortunes in the early twenty-first century seem to be on the verge of returning to five or six years of national in ...
... capital/income ratio decreased to just 2 or 3. We then observe a steady rise from 1950 on, a rise so sharp that private fortunes in the early twenty-first century seem to be on the verge of returning to five or six years of national in ...
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... capital/income ratio and capital-labor split in Part Two, the absence of ade- quate historical data will force me to focus primarily on the wealthy countries and proceed by extrapolation to poor and emerging countries. The examina- tion ...
... capital/income ratio and capital-labor split in Part Two, the absence of ade- quate historical data will force me to focus primarily on the wealthy countries and proceed by extrapolation to poor and emerging countries. The examina- tion ...
Sommario
1 | |
37 | |
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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