But we have not modified the deep structures of capital and inequality as much as we thought in the optimistic decades following World War II. Piketty shows that modern economic growth and the diffusion of knowledge have allowed us to avoid inequalities on the apocalyptic scale predicted by Karl Marx. His findings will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality. 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. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack of adequate data and clear guiding theories. 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.
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