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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... explain them, it can inform democratic debate and focus attention on the right ques- tions. It can help to redefine the terms of debate, unmask certain precon- ceived or fraudulent notions, and subject all positions to constant critical ...
... explain them, it can inform democratic debate and focus attention on the right ques- tions. It can help to redefine the terms of debate, unmask certain precon- ceived or fraudulent notions, and subject all positions to constant critical ...
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... explain in what follows. Each graph represents the importance of one of these divergent processes. Both graphs depict “U-shaped curves,” that is, a period of decreasing inequality followed by one of increas- ing inequality. One might ...
... explain in what follows. Each graph represents the importance of one of these divergent processes. Both graphs depict “U-shaped curves,” that is, a period of decreasing inequality followed by one of increas- ing inequality. One might ...
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... explanation of this is that the skills and productivity of these top managers rose suddenly in relation to those of other ... explain it in terms of the history of social and fiscal norms in those two countries over the past century. The ...
... explanation of this is that the skills and productivity of these top managers rose suddenly in relation to those of other ... explain it in terms of the history of social and fiscal norms in those two countries over the past century. The ...
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... explain why republican France, a nation of “small property owners” made egalitarian by the Revolution, had no need of a progressive or confiscatory in- come tax or estate tax, in contrast to aristocratic and monarchical Britain. The ...
... explain why republican France, a nation of “small property owners” made egalitarian by the Revolution, had no need of a progressive or confiscatory in- come tax or estate tax, in contrast to aristocratic and monarchical Britain. The ...
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... data on the dy- namics of inequality since Kuznets, yet the profession continued to churn out purely theoretical results without even knowing what facts needed to be explained. And it expected me to do the same. When 31 Introduction.
... data on the dy- namics of inequality since Kuznets, yet the profession continued to churn out purely theoretical results without even knowing what facts needed to be explained. And it expected me to do the same. When 31 Introduction.
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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