Description |
viii, 685 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Note |
Translation of the author's Le capital au XXIe siècle. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Subject |
Capital.
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Income distribution.
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Wealth.
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Labor economics.
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Added Author |
Goldhammer, Arthur, translator.
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ISBN |
9780674430006 (alk. paper) |
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067443000X (alk. paper) |
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