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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... population of 20 million in 1700, compared to only 8 million for Great Britain (and 5 million for En- gland alone). The French population increased steadily throughout the eigh- teenth century, from the end of Louis XIV's reign to the ...
... population of 20 million in 1700, compared to only 8 million for Great Britain (and 5 million for En- gland alone). The French population increased steadily throughout the eigh- teenth century, from the end of Louis XIV's reign to the ...
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... population and output begin to grow steadily, land tends to become increasingly scarce relative to other goods. The law of supply and demand then implies that the price of land will rise continuously, as will the rents paid to landlords ...
... population and output begin to grow steadily, land tends to become increasingly scarce relative to other goods. The law of supply and demand then implies that the price of land will rise continuously, as will the rents paid to landlords ...
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... population or land prices would rise sky high but rather how to understand the dynamics of industrial capitalism, now in full blossom. The most striking fact of the day was the misery of the industrial prole- tariat. Despite the growth ...
... population or land prices would rise sky high but rather how to understand the dynamics of industrial capitalism, now in full blossom. The most striking fact of the day was the misery of the industrial prole- tariat. Despite the growth ...
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... population partakes of the fruits of economic growth.14 The “advanced phase” of industrial development is supposed to have be- gun toward the end of the nineteenth or the beginning of the twentieth cen- tury in the industrialized ...
... population partakes of the fruits of economic growth.14 The “advanced phase” of industrial development is supposed to have be- gun toward the end of the nineteenth or the beginning of the twentieth cen- tury in the industrialized ...
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... population and the economy in coming decades makes this trend all the more worrisome. My conclusions are less apocalyptic than those implied by Marx's prin- ciple of infinite accumulation and perpetual divergence (since Marx's the- ory ...
... population and the economy in coming decades makes this trend all the more worrisome. My conclusions are less apocalyptic than those implied by Marx's prin- ciple of infinite accumulation and perpetual divergence (since Marx's the- ory ...
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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