Capital in the twenty-first century : the dynamics of inequality, wealth, and growth / Thomas Piketty ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer.
Language: English Original language: French Publication details: Cambridge Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014.Description: vii, 685 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780674430006 (alk. paper)
- Capital in the 21st century
- Capital au XXIe siècle. English
- 332/.041 23
- HB501 .P436 2014
- QC 200
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| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 332.041 PIK | Available | 057420 |
Translation of the author's Le capital au XXIe siècle.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Income and output -- Growth : illusions and realities -- The metamorphoses of capital -- From old Europe to the new world -- The long-run capital/income ratio -- Capital's share vs. labor's share in the twenty-first century -- Inequality and concentration : an initial orientation -- The two worlds -- Inequality in the income from labor -- Inequality in the ownership of capital -- Merit and inheritance in the long run -- Global inequality of wealth in the twenty-first century -- A social state for the twenty-first century -- Rethinking the progressive income tax -- A global tax on capital -- The question of the public debt.
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.
Translated from the French.
