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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... productivity, workers crowded into urban slums. The working day was long, and wages were very low. A new urban misery emerged, more visible, more shocking, and in some respects even more ex- treme than the rural misery of the Old Regime ...
... productivity, workers crowded into urban slums. The working day was long, and wages were very low. A new urban misery emerged, more visible, more shocking, and in some respects even more ex- treme than the rural misery of the Old Regime ...
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... productivity growth are relatively low, then accumulated wealth naturally takes on considerable importance, especially if it grows to extreme proportions and becomes socially destabilizing. In other words, low growth cannot adequately ...
... productivity growth are relatively low, then accumulated wealth naturally takes on considerable importance, especially if it grows to extreme proportions and becomes socially destabilizing. In other words, low growth cannot adequately ...
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... productivity growth as well as the reduction ofinequality both within and between coun- tries. We see this at present in the advances made by a number of previously poor countries, led by China. These emergent economies are now in the ...
... productivity growth as well as the reduction ofinequality both within and between coun- tries. We see this at present in the advances made by a number of previously poor countries, led by China. These emergent economies are now in the ...
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... productivity of these top managers rose suddenly in relation to those of other workers. Another explanation, which to me seems more plausible and turns out to be much more consistent with the evidence, is that these top managers by and ...
... productivity of these top managers rose suddenly in relation to those of other workers. Another explanation, which to me seems more plausible and turns out to be much more consistent with the evidence, is that these top managers by and ...
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... productivity growth over the long run). In the model I propose, divergence is not perpetual and is only one of several possible future directions for the distribution ofwealth. But the possibilities are not heartening. Specifically, it ...
... productivity growth over the long run). In the model I propose, divergence is not perpetual and is only one of several possible future directions for the distribution ofwealth. But the possibilities are not heartening. Specifically, it ...
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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