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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... least systematic and methodical if not fully scientific. Expert analysis will never put an end to the violent political conflict that inequality inevita- bly instigates. Social scientific research is and always will be tentative and im ...
... least systematic and methodical if not fully scientific. Expert analysis will never put an end to the violent political conflict that inequality inevita- bly instigates. Social scientific research is and always will be tentative and im ...
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... least they were asking the right questions. There is no fun- damental reason why we should believe that growth is automatically bal- anced. It is long since past the time when we should have put the question of inequality back at the ...
... least they were asking the right questions. There is no fun- damental reason why we should believe that growth is automatically bal- anced. It is long since past the time when we should have put the question of inequality back at the ...
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... least, we can also use data that allow us to measure the total stock of national wealth (including land, other real estate, and industrial and financial capital) over a very long period of time. We can measure this wealth for each ...
... least, we can also use data that allow us to measure the total stock of national wealth (including land, other real estate, and industrial and financial capital) over a very long period of time. We can measure this wealth for each ...
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... least as our economies are currently organized (to be sure, one can imagine other forms of organization). Furthermore, it is not necessarily just to deny any remuneration to those who choose to save more than others—assuming, ofcourse ...
... least as our economies are currently organized (to be sure, one can imagine other forms of organization). Furthermore, it is not necessarily just to deny any remuneration to those who choose to save more than others—assuming, ofcourse ...
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... least imperfect method of measuring the capital share of income may be to apply a plausible average rate of return to the capital/income ratio. At this stage, the orders of magnitude given above (β = 600%, α = 30%, r = 5%) may be taken ...
... least imperfect method of measuring the capital share of income may be to apply a plausible average rate of return to the capital/income ratio. At this stage, the orders of magnitude given above (β = 600%, α = 30%, r = 5%) may be taken ...
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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