by Thomas Piketty · Fondo de Cultura Económica de España, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437507231
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«El capital en el siglo XXI» is the economics essay by Thomas Piketty, published by Fondo de Cultura Económica de España in paperback (663 pages).
The essay analyses the distribution of income and wealth worldwide since the eighteenth century, drawing on data from around twenty countries. Piketty argues that if the return on capital exceeds economic growth, wealth becomes concentrated and inequality increases, and he examines what states can do about this dynamic.
Work originally published in French as «Le capital au XXIe siècle» (2013), in a translation by Eliane Cazenave-Tapie Isoard; it belongs to the Economía collection.
A book aimed at readers interested in economics, economic history and the debate on inequality.
Thomas Piketty is a French economist who is a professor of economics at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, associate chair at the Paris School of Economics (PSE) and Centennial Professor of Economics in the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics (LSE).
