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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Pagina 11
... Savings. Kuznets's series dealt with only one country (the United States) over a period of thirty-five years (1913–1948). It was nevertheless a major contribution, which drew on two sources of data totally unavailable to nineteenth ...
... Savings. Kuznets's series dealt with only one country (the United States) over a period of thirty-five years (1913–1948). It was nevertheless a major contribution, which drew on two sources of data totally unavailable to nineteenth ...
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... savings in the constitution of fortunes and the dynamics of wealth inequality. This work is fairly complete in the case of France, where the very rich historical sources offer a unique vantage point from which to observe changing ...
... savings in the constitution of fortunes and the dynamics of wealth inequality. This work is fairly complete in the case of France, where the very rich historical sources offer a unique vantage point from which to observe changing ...
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... savings. In this book, I fo- cus not only on the level of inequality as such but to an even greater extent on the ... saving in capital formation. Nevertheless, the capital/income approach can give us an over- view of the importance of ...
... savings. In this book, I fo- cus not only on the level of inequality as such but to an even greater extent on the ... saving in capital formation. Nevertheless, the capital/income approach can give us an over- view of the importance of ...
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... savings to increase the stock of wealth steadily and substantially. If, moreover, the rate of return on capital remains significantly above the growth rate for an extended period of time (which is more likely when the growth rate is low ...
... savings to increase the stock of wealth steadily and substantially. If, moreover, the rate of return on capital remains significantly above the growth rate for an extended period of time (which is more likely when the growth rate is low ...
Pagina 26
... savings rate may increase sharply with wealth.36 Or, even more important, the average effective rate of return on capital may be higher when the individual's initial capital endowment is higher (as ap- pears to be increasingly common) ...
... savings rate may increase sharply with wealth.36 Or, even more important, the average effective rate of return on capital may be higher when the individual's initial capital endowment is higher (as ap- pears to be increasingly common) ...
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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