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.
Succinct accessible and authoritative Thomas Piketty s The Economics of Inequality is the ideal place to start for those who want to understand the fundamental issues at the heart of one the most pressing concerns in contemporary economics and politics.
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Are Thomas Pikettys analyses of inequality on target? Where should researchers go from here in exploring the ideas he pushed to the forefront of global conversation? In After Piketty a cast of economists and other social scientists tackle these questions in dialogue with Piketty in what is sure to be a much-debated book in its own right.
