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This is basically Thomas Piketty's conclusion, but Rognlie shows that most of the outsized returns to "capital" are actually from housing/real estate once you p
by larsiusprime 5y ago
This is basically Thomas Piketty's conclusion, but Rognlie shows that most of the outsized returns to "capital" are actually from housing/real estate once you properly factor in depreciation of capital assets:
https://www.brookings.edu/bpea-articles/deciphering-the-fall-and-rise-in-the-net-capital-share/ https://www.brookings.edu/bpea-articles/deciphering-the-fall...
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2015a_rognlie.pdf https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2015a_r...