TY - BOOK AU - Piketty, Thomas TI - Capital in the twenty first century SN - 9780674979857 U1 - 332.041 PY - 2017/// CY - London PB - Belknap Press KW - Wealth Income distribution KW - Labor economics N1 - https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674979857 N2 - 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 Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty 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 will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality ER -