Author: Shortcut Edition
Publisher: Shortcut Edition
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Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : es
Pages : 17
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Al leer este resumen, aprenderá que la muy desigual distribución mundial de la riqueza en el siglo XXI puede aumentar en proporciones preocupantes si no se hace nada para frenar esta tendencia. También descubrirá que : el capital, en todo momento, tiende a concentrarse en unas pocas manos o países; sólo la sucesión de guerras y crisis mundiales ha permitido redistribuir la riqueza de forma más equitativa un fuerte crecimiento permite un acceso más equitativo a la riqueza, pero esto es sólo una solución a corto plazo ningún fenómeno natural ha controlado o limitado la acumulación de capital ; sólo un impuesto progresivo sobre la riqueza permitiría frenar las desigualdades provocadas por el capitalismo. El capital en el siglo XXI es una obra ambiciosa: traza, por primera vez, un panorama global de la distribución de la riqueza desde el siglo XVIII hasta nuestros días, basándose en los datos internacionales más fiables sobre la renta y la riqueza. Anteriormente, la mayoría de los economistas que han marcado la historia, desde Malthus hasta Kuznets y Marx, carecían no sólo de una visión retrospectiva, sino también de fuentes fiables, cuando no utilizaban estas últimas con fines ideológicos o políticos. Sin embargo, está claro que, a lo largo de tres siglos, la distribución de la riqueza está tan ligada a factores económicos como a opciones políticas y sociales.
Author: Shortcut Edition
Publisher: Shortcut Edition
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Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : pt-BR
Pages : 17
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Ao ler este resumo, o senhor saberá que a distribuição global muito desigual da riqueza no século XXI provavelmente aumentará em proporções preocupantes se nada for feito para frear essa tendência. O senhor também vai descobrir que : o capital, em todos os momentos, tende a se concentrar em poucas mãos ou países; só uma sucessão de guerras e crises mundiais tornou possível uma redistribuição mais eqüitativa da riqueza; o forte crescimento permite um acesso mais igualitário à riqueza, mas esta é apenas uma solução a curto prazo; nenhum fenômeno natural jamais controlou ou limitou a acumulação de capital ; somente um imposto progressivo sobre a riqueza permitiria conter as desigualdades causadas pelo capitalismo. O capital no século XXI é uma obra ambiciosa: ele elabora, pela primeira vez, um panorama global da distribuição da riqueza desde o século XVIII até os dias de hoje, com base nos dados internacionais mais confiáveis sobre renda e riqueza. Anteriormente, a maioria dos economistas que marcaram a história, de Malthus a Kuznets e a Marx, não tinham apenas uma visão a posteriori, mas também fontes confiáveis, quando não utilizavam estas últimas para fins ideológicos ou políticos. No entanto, é evidente que, ao longo de três séculos, a distribuição da riqueza está tão ligada a fatores econômicos quanto a escolhas políticas e sociais.
Author: INSTAREAD. SUMMARIES
Publisher: Instaread
ISBN: 9781683783060
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Author: Stephan Kauffmann
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1784786152
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 95
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US Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman described Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century as "perhaps the most important book of the last decade". It has sparked major international debates, dominated bestseller lists and generated a level of enthusiasm-as well as intense criticism-in a way no other recent economic or sociological work has. Piketty has been described as a new Karl Marx and placed in the same league as the economist John Maynard Keynes. The 'rock star economist's' (Financial Times) underlying thesis: inequality under capitalism has reached dramatic proportions in the last few decades and continues to grow-and not by coincidence. Thus, a small elite becomes simultaneously richer and richer and more and more powerful. Given the sensational reception of the not-so-easily digested 800-page study that spans back to the eighteenth century, the question as to where the hype around Piketty's book comes from deserves to be asked. What is correct in it? What are the criticisms of it? And what should we make of it-both of the book itself and of the criticism it has received? This book lays out the argument of Piketty's monumental work in a compact and understandable format, while also investigating the controversies that this book has caused. In addition, the two authors demonstrate the limits, contradictions and errors of the so-called 'Piketty revolution'.
Author: Thomas Piketty
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674979850
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 817
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What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack of adequate data and clear guiding theories. In this work the author analyzes a unique collection of data from twenty countries, ranging as far back as the eighteenth century, to uncover key economic and social patterns. His findings transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality. He shows that modern economic growth and the diffusion of knowledge have allowed us to avoid inequalities on the apocalyptic scale predicted by Karl Marx. But we have not modified the deep structures of capital and inequality as much as we thought in the optimistic decades following World War II. The main driver of inequality--the tendency of returns on capital to exceed the rate of economic growth--today threatens to generate extreme inequalities that stir discontent and undermine democratic values if political action is not taken. But economic trends are not acts of God. Political action has curbed dangerous inequalities in the past, the author says, and may do so again. This original work reorients our understanding of economic history and confronts us with sobering lessons for today.
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Languages : es
Pages : 0
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Al leer este resumen, aprender? que la muy desigual distribuci?n mundial de la riqueza en el siglo XXI puede aumentar en proporciones preocupantes si no se hace nada para frenar esta tendencia. Tambi?n descubrir? que : el capital, en todo momento, tiende a concentrarse en unas pocas manos o pa?ses; s?lo la sucesi?n de guerras y crisis mundiales ha permitido redistribuir la riqueza de forma m?s equitativa un fuerte crecimiento permite un acceso m?s equitativo a la riqueza, pero esto es s?lo una soluci?n a corto plazo ning?n fen?meno natural ha controlado o limitado la acumulaci?n de capital ; s?lo un impuesto progresivo sobre la riqueza permitir?a frenar las desigualdades provocadas por el capitalismo. El capital en el siglo XXI es una obra ambiciosa: traza, por primera vez, un panorama global de la distribuci?n de la riqueza desde el siglo XVIII hasta nuestros d?as, bas?ndose en los datos internacionales m?s fiables sobre la renta y la riqueza. Anteriormente, la mayor?a de los economistas que han marcado la historia, desde Malthus hasta Kuznets y Marx, carec?an no s?lo de una visi?n retrospectiva, sino tambi?n de fuentes fiables, cuando no utilizaban estas ?ltimas con fines ideol?gicos o pol?ticos. Sin embargo, est? claro que, a lo largo de tres siglos, la distribuci?n de la riqueza est? tan ligada a factores econ?micos como a opciones pol?ticas y sociales.
Author: Piketty, Thomas
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Economica
ISBN: 607162973X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : es
Pages : 608
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Para el autor, cada país, en relación con su historia y su compromiso democrático, responde de manera diferente a una ley básica del capitalismo de mercado que estimula la concentración de la riqueza en los sectores más favorecidos. El trabajo de Piketty cuestiona la relación óptima entre desarrollo e igualdad sugerida por Simon Kuznets y destaca el papel de las instituciones políticas y fiscales en la evolución histórica de la distribución de la riqueza.
Author: Jean-Philippe Delsol
Publisher: Cato Institute
ISBN: 1944424261
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Thomas Piketty's book Capital in the Twenty-First Century has enjoyed great success and provides a new theory about wealth and inequality. However, there have been major criticisms of his work. Anti-Piketty: Capital for the 21st Century collects key criticisms from 20 specialists—economists, historians, and tax experts—who provide rigorous arguments against Piketty's work while examining the notions of inequality, growth, wealth, and capital.
Author: Pat Hudson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781788210171
Category : Capital
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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This volume of essays builds upon renewed interest in the long-run global development of wealth and inequality stimulated by the publication of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century.
Author: Nick Broten
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351350250
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Thomas Piketty is a fine example of an evaluative thinker. In Capital in the Twenty-First Century, he not only provides detailed and sustained explanations of why he sees existing arguments relating to income and wealth distribution as flawed, but also gives us very detailed evaluations of the significance of a vast amount of data explaining why incomes is distributed in the ways it is. As Piketty stresses, “the distribution question... deserves to be studied in a systematic and methodical fashion.” This stress on evaluating the significance of data leads him to focus on the central evaluative questions, and look in turn at the acceptability, relevance, and adequacy of existing justifications for the unequal distribution of wealth. In doing so, Piketty applies his understanding of the data to answering the deeply important question of what political structures and what policies are necessary to move us towards a more equal society. Piketty’s evaluation of the data supports his argument that inequality cannot be depended on to reduce over time: indeed, without government intervention, it is highly likely to increase. In addition, he evaluates international data to argue that poor countries do not necessarily become less poor as a result of foreign investment. This strong emphasis on the interrogation of data, rather than the building mathematical models that are divorced from data, is a defining feature of Piketty’s work.
