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Summary:
- Piketty analyzes a unique collection of data from twenty countries, ranging as far back as the eighteenth century, to uncover key economic and social patterns and shows that modern economic growth and the diffusion of knowledge have allowed us to avoid inequalities. He argues, however, that the tendency of returns on capital to exceed the rate of economic growth will generate extreme inequalities that stir discontent and undermine democratic values if political action is not taken.
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. One Income and Capital
- 1. Income and Output
- 2. Growth: Illusions and Realities
- pt. Two Dynamics of the Capital/Income Ratio
- 3. Metamorphoses of Capital
- 4. From Old Europe to the New World
- 5. Capital/Income Ratio over the Long Run
- 6. Capital-Labor Split in the Twenty-First Century
- pt. Three Structure of Inequality
- 7. Inequality and Concentration: Preliminary Bearings
- 8. Two Worlds
- 9. Inequality of Labor Income
- 10. Inequality of Capital Ownership
- 11. Merit and Inheritance in the Long Run
- 12. Global Inequality of Wealth in the Twenty-First Century
- pt. Four Regulating Capital in the Twenty-First Century
- 13. Social State for the Twenty-First Century
- 14. Rethinking the Progressive Income Tax
- 15. Global Tax on Capital
- 16. Question of the Public Debt.
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Language Notes:
- Item content: English
Translated from (original): French
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General Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
Translation of the author's Le capital au XXIe siècle.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
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Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
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Digital Characteristics:
- text file
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Call Numbers:
- HB501 .P43613 2014eb
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ISBNs:
- 0674369548 (electronic bk.)
9780674369542 (electronic bk.)
9780674430006 (alk. paper) [Invalid]
067443000X (alk. paper) [Invalid]
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OCLC Numbers:
- 871257203
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Other Control Numbers:
- EBC3301398 (source: MiAaPQ)
