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The critique of capital in the twenty first century in search of the macroeconomic foundations of inequality

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  • Guillaume Allegre

    (OFCE - Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques (Sciences Po) - Sciences Po - Sciences Po)

  • Xavier Timbeau

    (OFCE - Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques (Sciences Po) - Sciences Po - Sciences Po)

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Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century proposes a critical analysis of the dynamics of capital accumulation. The book has several objectives: to present the historical dynamics of capital and its distribution up to the early twenty-first century; to offer a prospective analysis of these dynamics up to the end of this century; and, finally, to discuss policy measures that would make it possible to avoid the future it lays out.

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  • Guillaume Allegre & Xavier Timbeau, 2014. "The critique of capital in the twenty first century in search of the macroeconomic foundations of inequality," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-00992367, HAL.
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