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borderland which separates the known from the unknown”

-P.C.Mahalanobis


Capital in the twenty-first century /



viii, 685 p. : illustrations ; 25 cm. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer. Content notes : Part I. Income and capital. Income and output ; Growth : illusions and realities --
Part II. The dynamics of the capital/income ratio. The metamorphoses of capital ; From old Europe to the new world ; The capital/income ratio over the long run ; The capital-labor split in the twenty-first century --
Part III. The structure of inequality. Inequality and concentration : preliminary bearings ; Two worlds ; Inequality of labor income ; Inequality of capital ownership ; Merit and inheritance in the long run ; Global inequality of wealth in the twenty-first century --
Part IV. Regulating capital 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. Income distribution. Wealth.

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