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Teaching Piketty To Undergraduates

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  • Humberto Barreto

    (Department of Economics and Management, DePauw University)

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The primary ideas in Piketty’s Capital should be incorporated into the economics curriculum. Unfortunately, its theoretical foundation—the Solow Model—when conventionally taught with a Solow diagram or analytical solution, is beyond the reach of the typical undergraduate. The model, however, can be effectively presented via simulation, with steady-state and comparative statics properties directly observed. A single, standalone, macro-enhanced Excel workbook, Capital.xlsm, is all that is needed to teach the main ideas in Piketty’s Capital. Download it here www.depauw.edu/learn/econexcel or from this direct link: www.depauw.edu/learn/econexcel/Capital.xlsm

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  • Humberto Barreto, 2017. "Teaching Piketty To Undergraduates," Working Papers 2017-02, DePauw University, School of Business and Leadership and Department of Economics and Management.
    • Handle: RePEc:dew:wpaper:2017-02
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    Keywords

    inequality; simulation; Excel; income distribution; Solow Model; economic growth;
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    JEL classification:

    • A10 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - General
    • A20 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - General
    • J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General

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