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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... relatively limited set of firmly established facts together with a wide variety of purely theoretical spec- ulations. Before turning in greater detail to the sources I tried to assemble in preparation for writing this book, I want to ...
... relatively limited set of firmly established facts together with a wide variety of purely theoretical spec- ulations. Before turning in greater detail to the sources I tried to assemble in preparation for writing this book, I want to ...
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... relatively dark or even apocalyptic views of the long-run evolution of the dis- tribution of wealth and class ... relative to other goods. The law of supply and demand then implies that the price of land will rise continuously, as will ...
... relatively dark or even apocalyptic views of the long-run evolution of the dis- tribution of wealth and class ... relative to other goods. The law of supply and demand then implies that the price of land will rise continuously, as will ...
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... 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 counterbalance the ...
... 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 counterbalance the ...
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... relatively localized). More important, there is a set of forces of diver- gence associated with the process of accumulation and concentration of wealth when growth is weak and the return on capital is high. This second process is ...
... relatively localized). More important, there is a set of forces of diver- gence associated with the process of accumulation and concentration of wealth when growth is weak and the return on capital is high. This second process is ...
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... relatively slow growth. In slowly growing economies, past wealth naturally takes on disproportionate impor- tance, because it takes only a small flow ofnew savings to increase the stock of wealth steadily and substantially. If, moreover ...
... relatively slow growth. In slowly growing economies, past wealth naturally takes on disproportionate impor- tance, because it takes only a small flow ofnew savings to increase the stock of wealth steadily and substantially. If, moreover ...
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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