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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... important an issue to be left to economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers. It is of interest to every- one, and that is a good thing. The concrete, physical reality of inequality is visible to the naked eye and naturally ...
... important an issue to be left to economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers. It is of interest to every- one, and that is a good thing. The concrete, physical reality of inequality is visible to the naked eye and naturally ...
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... important question (concerning the unprece- dented concentration of wealth during the Industrial Revolution) and tried to answer it with the means at his disposal: economists today would do well to take inspiration from his example ...
... important question (concerning the unprece- dented concentration of wealth during the Industrial Revolution) and tried to answer it with the means at his disposal: economists today would do well to take inspiration from his example ...
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... important, and notjust for historical reasons. Since the 1970s, income inequality has increased significantly in the rich countries, especially the United States, where the concentration of income in the first decade of the twenty-first ...
... important, and notjust for historical reasons. Since the 1970s, income inequality has increased significantly in the rich countries, especially the United States, where the concentration of income in the first decade of the twenty-first ...
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Thomas Piketty. relation to income. Wealth also generates income and is therefore important on the income study side ... importance of inherited wealth and savings in the constitution of fortunes and the dynamics of wealth inequality ...
Thomas Piketty. relation to income. Wealth also generates income and is therefore important on the income study side ... importance of inherited wealth and savings in the constitution of fortunes and the dynamics of wealth inequality ...
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... important, there is a set of forces of diver- gence associated with the process of accumulation and concentration of ... importance of one of these divergent processes. Both graphs depict “U-shaped curves,” that is, a period of ...
... important, there is a set of forces of diver- gence associated with the process of accumulation and concentration of ... importance of one of these divergent processes. Both graphs depict “U-shaped curves,” that is, a period of ...
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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