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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... Inheritance in the Long Run . 377 12. Global Inequality ofWealth in the Twenty-First Century . 430 Part Four: Regulating Capital in the Twenty-First Century 13. A Social State for the Twenty-First Century . 471 14. Rethinking the ...
... Inheritance in the Long Run . 377 12. Global Inequality ofWealth in the Twenty-First Century . 430 Part Four: Regulating Capital in the Twenty-First Century 13. A Social State for the Twenty-First Century . 471 14. Rethinking the ...
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... inheritance also enable us to study changes in the relative importance of inherited wealth and savings in the constitution of fortunes and the dynamics of wealth inequality. This work is fairly complete in the case of France, where the ...
... inheritance also enable us to study changes in the relative importance of inherited wealth and savings in the constitution of fortunes and the dynamics of wealth inequality. This work is fairly complete in the case of France, where the ...
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... inheritance and saving in capital formation. Nevertheless, the capital/income approach can give us an over- view of the importance of capital to the society as a whole. Moreover, in some cases (especially Britain and France) it is ...
... inheritance and saving in capital formation. Nevertheless, the capital/income approach can give us an over- view of the importance of capital to the society as a whole. Moreover, in some cases (especially Britain and France) it is ...
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... inherited wealth grows faster than output and income. People with inherited wealth need save only a portion of their income from capital to see that capital grow more quickly than the economy as a whole. Under such conditions, it is ...
... inherited wealth grows faster than output and income. People with inherited wealth need save only a portion of their income from capital to see that capital grow more quickly than the economy as a whole. Under such conditions, it is ...
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... inheritance factor is much less important in the former than in the latter. It has been the demographic growth of the New World that has ensured that inherited wealth has always played a smaller role in the United States than in Europe ...
... inheritance factor is much less important in the former than in the latter. It has been the demographic growth of the New World that has ensured that inherited wealth has always played a smaller role in the United States than in Europe ...
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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