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Capital in the twenty-first century /

Piketty, Thomas, 1971-

Capital in the twenty-first century / Thomas Piketty ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer. - viii, 685 pages : charts ; 25 cm

Translation of the author's Le capital au XXIe sieÌcle.

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.

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Capital.
Income distribution.
Wealth.
Labor economics.

HB501 / .P43613 2014

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