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Book recommendation: Piketty's Capital[1] is still the single best resource for understanding why income inequality and the concentration of wealth have been so
by pdog 9y ago
Book recommendation: Piketty's Capital[1] is still the single best resource for understanding why income inequality and the concentration of wealth have been so pronounced over the past several decades. There are ample citations, footnotes, and references to meticulously researched data sets.
[1]: https://www.amazon.com/Capital-Twenty-First-Century-Thomas-Piketty/dp/1491591617 https://www.amazon.com/Capital-Twenty-First-Century-Thomas-P...
- rcarrigan87 9y agoIs there a good summary of his arguments you can recommend?
- pdog 9y agoSure. Robert M. Solow's review in the New Republic: https://newrepublic.com/article/117429/capital-twenty-first-century-thomas-piketty-reviewed https://newrepublic.com/article/117429/capital-twenty-first-...