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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... extreme changes in certain relative prices. This is the princi- pal implication of Ricardo's scarcity principle. But nothing obliges us to roll the dice. Marx: The. Principle. of. Infinite. Accumulation. By the time Marx published the first ...
... extreme changes in certain relative prices. This is the princi- pal implication of Ricardo's scarcity principle. But nothing obliges us to roll the dice. Marx: The. Principle. of. Infinite. Accumulation. By the time Marx published the first ...
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... the improvement in the purchasing power of workers spread everywhere, and this changed the situation radically, even if extreme inequalities persisted and in some respects continued to increase until World War I. The 9 Introduction.
... the improvement in the purchasing power of workers spread everywhere, and this changed the situation radically, even if extreme inequalities persisted and in some respects continued to increase until World War I. The 9 Introduction.
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... extreme proportions and becomes socially destabilizing. In other words, low growth cannot adequately counterbalance the Marxist principle of infinite accumulation: the resulting equilibrium is not as apocalyptic as the one pre- dicted ...
... extreme proportions and becomes socially destabilizing. In other words, low growth cannot adequately counterbalance the Marxist principle of infinite accumulation: the resulting equilibrium is not as apocalyptic as the one pre- dicted ...
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... extreme concentration of the own- ership of capital. Inequality of wealth—and of the consequent income from capital—is in fact always much greater than inequality of income from labor. I will analyze this phenomenon and its causes in ...
... extreme concentration of the own- ership of capital. Inequality of wealth—and of the consequent income from capital—is in fact always much greater than inequality of income from labor. I will analyze this phenomenon and its causes in ...
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... extreme case of slavery indicates. The same is true ofproperty in the atmosphere, the sea, mountains, historical monuments, and knowledge. Certain private interests would like to own these things, and sometimes theyjustify this desire ...
... extreme case of slavery indicates. The same is true ofproperty in the atmosphere, the sea, mountains, historical monuments, and knowledge. Certain private interests would like to own these things, and sometimes theyjustify this desire ...
Sommario
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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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