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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... fact, however, that social science research on the distribution ofwealth was for a long time based on a relatively limited set of firmly established facts together with a wide variety of purely theoretical spec- ulations. Before turning ...
... fact, however, that social science research on the distribution ofwealth was for a long time based on a relatively limited set of firmly established facts together with a wide variety of purely theoretical spec- ulations. Before turning ...
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... fact of the day was the misery of the industrial prole- tariat. Despite the growth of the economy, or perhaps in part because of it, and because, as well, of the vast rural exodus owing to both population growth and increasing ...
... fact of the day was the misery of the industrial prole- tariat. Despite the growth of the economy, or perhaps in part because of it, and because, as well, of the vast rural exodus owing to both population growth and increasing ...
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... fact that all social groups shared in the fruits of growth. It is quite understandable that the Trente Glorieuses fos- tered a certain degree of optimism and that the apocalyptic predictions of the nineteenth century concerning the ...
... fact that all social groups shared in the fruits of growth. It is quite understandable that the Trente Glorieuses fos- tered a certain degree of optimism and that the apocalyptic predictions of the nineteenth century concerning the ...
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... fact is supposed to imply that the accumulation and distribution ofwealth no lon- ger presage an inevitable clash between dynasties of rentiers and dynasties owning nothing but their labor power. The governing logic is rather one of ...
... fact is supposed to imply that the accumulation and distribution ofwealth no lon- ger presage an inevitable clash between dynasties of rentiers and dynasties owning nothing but their labor power. The governing logic is rather one of ...
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... initial capital endowment is higher (as ap- pears to be increasingly common). The fact that the return on capital is un- 2010 predictable and arbitrary, so that wealth can be enhanced in. 26 Capital in the Twenty-First Century.
... initial capital endowment is higher (as ap- pears to be increasingly common). The fact that the return on capital is un- 2010 predictable and arbitrary, so that wealth can be enhanced in. 26 Capital in the Twenty-First Century.
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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