Capital in the Twenty-First Century / Thomas Piketty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piketty, Thomas, 1971- author.

Goldhammer, Arthur, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wealth.

Capital.

Income Distribution Labor.

Labour Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 96 graphs, 18 tables

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2014.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on the Text

Introduction

Part One: Income and Capital

1. Income and Output

2. Growth: Illusions and Realities

Part Two: The Dynamics of the Capital/Income Ratio

3. The Metamorphoses of Capital

4. From Old Europe to the New World

5. The Capital / Income Ratio over the Long Run

6. The Capital-Labor Split in the Twenty-First Century

Part Three: The 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

Part Four: Regulating Capital in the Twenty-First Century

13. A Social State for the Twenty-First Century

14. Rethinking the Progressive Income Tax

15. A Global Tax on Capital

16. The Question of the Public Debt

Conclusion

Contents in Detail

Tables and Illustrations

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Aug 2018)

ISBN:

9780674369559

0674369556

9780674982932

0674982932

9780674982918

0674982916

OCLC:

1054874431