A Capital's Capital : Two Hundred Years of Wealth and Inequality in Paris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Postel-Vinay, Gilles.

Series:

The Princeton Economic History of the Western World Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wealth--History.

Equality--History.

Economic history.

Wealth--France--Paris--History--20th century.

Wealth.

Wealth--France--Paris--History--19th century.

Equality--France--Paris--History--20th century.

Equality.

Equality--France--Paris--History--19th century.

Economic history--1945-1971.

Economic history--1918-1945.

Economic history--1750-1918.

France.

France--Paris.

Paris (France)--Economic conditions--20th century.

Paris (France).

Paris (France)--Economic conditions--19th century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (465 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2026.

Summary:

A study of the changes in wealth and its distribution in nineteenth and twentieth-century Paris that maps the interplay between wealth, inequality, and welfare Successful economies sustain capital accumulation across generations, and capital accumulation leads to large increases in private wealth.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: Wealth and Inequality in the Long Run

1. Dukes and Indigents: Inequality in the Shadow of the Old Regime, 1807-1867

2. Belle Époque Capitalism, 1852-1912

3. The Laboratory Evolves: Progressive Taxation, 1901-1972

4. The Collapse of Wealth, 1912-1947

5. Inequality When Wealth Collapses, 1912-1947

6. Recovery, 1947-1977

7. Capital and the Family: Inherited Wealth, 1822-1972

8. Wealth at the Top

9. The Myth of the Grasshopper and the Ant

10. Inequality in Space: Within Paris and Beyond

11. Inequality Beyond Wealth

Conclusion: Capital and Capitals in the Long Run

Appendix 1: The Datasets

Appendix 2: The Data from Estate Tax Filings

Appendix 3: Progressive Taxation

Appendix 4: Deportation and Wealth Distribution

Appendix 5: Reported and Capitalized Inheritance

Appendix 6: The Top Wealth Holders Each Year

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-691-27613-7

9780691276137

OCLC:

1559217941