Thomas Piketty

Para el autor, cada país, en relación con su historia y su compromiso democrático, responde de manera diferente a una ley básica del capitalismo de mercado que estimula la concentración de la riqueza en los sectores mas favorecidos. El trabajo de Piketty cuestiona la relacion optima entre desarrollo e igualdad sugerida por Simon Kuznets y destaca el papel de las instituciones politicas y fiscales en la evolucion historica de la distribucion de la riqueza.

EDICIÓN EN RÚSTICA POR SÓLO 19,95€¿Cuál es el origen de la desigualdad?Gracias al éxito cosechado porEl capital en el siglo XXI (2013), Thomas Piketty ha podido acceder a fuentes fiscales e histórica

Para el autor, cada país, en relación con su historia y su compromiso democrático, responde de manera diferente a una ley básica del capitalismo de mercado que estimula la concentración de la riqueza en los sectores mas favorecidos. El trabajo de Piketty cuestiona la relacion optima entre desarrollo e igualdad sugerida por Simon Kuznets y destaca el papel de las instituciones politicas y fiscales en la evolucion historica de la distribucion de la riqueza.

La desigualtat és el problema que defineix els nostres temps i essencialment és la conseqüència de la concentració del capital en unes poques mans. Com es pot establir una redistribució de la riquesa

Un análisis certero de las causas de las desigualdades y una propuesta cabal para abordar el problema. Una perspectiva comparada e histórica Síntesis de sus investigaciones sobre las desigualdades economicas, este certero texto de Thomas Piketty analiza cuestiones como la educacion, la herencia, la fiscalidad y la persistente brecha de genero, a la vez que subraya la necesidad de reducir drasticamente los desequilibrios Norte-Sur como condicion para luchar contra el calentamiento global.Frente a la desesperanza y el conformismo, el autor nos recuerda que el camino hacia la igualdad se ha construido siempre sobre las luchas politicas y sociales.

Gracias al éxito cosechado por El capital en el siglo XXI (2013), Thomas Piketty ha podido acceder a fuentes fiscales e históricas que diferentes gobiernos se negaban a ofrecer hasta ahora. A partir del estudio de estos datos ineditos, el autor propone una historia economica, social, intelectual y politica de la desigualdad, desde las sociedades estamentales y esclavistas hasta las sociedades poscoloniales e hipercapitalistas modernas, pasando por las sociedades colonialistas, comunistas y socialdemocratas. De este analisis se desprende una conclusion importante: la desigualdad no es economica o tecnologica, es ideologica y politica. Dicho de otro modo, las ideas y las ideologias cuentan en la historia. Para Piketty, el hilo conductor de la historia de las sociedades humanas (que es tambien la historia de la busqueda de la justicia) no es la lucha de clases, como defendian Marx y Engels, sino la lucha de ideologias. La posicion social no basta para forjar una teoria de la sociedad justa, de la propiedad justa, de la fiscalidad justa o de la democracia. Nadie tendra jamas la verdad absoluta sobre estas cuestiones. Thomas Piketty se muestra convencido de que es posible superar el capitalismo y construir una sociedad justa basada en el socialismo participativo y en el social-federalismo, y expone su propuesta en esta ambiciosa obra.

Para el autor, cada país, en relación con su historia y su compromiso democrático, responde de manera diferente a una ley básica del capitalismo de mercado que estimula la concentración de la riqueza en los sectores mas favorecidos. El trabajo de Piketty cuestiona la relacion optima entre desarrollo e igualdad sugerida por Simon Kuznets y destaca el papel de las instituciones politicas y fiscales en la evolucion historica de la distribucion de la riqueza.

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. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack of adequate data and clear guiding theories. 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. His findings will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality. 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. 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. The main driver of inequality--the tendency of returns on capital to exceed the rate of economic growth--today threatens to generate extreme inequalities that stir discontent and undermine democratic values. But economic trends are not acts of God. Political action has curbed dangerous inequalities in the past, Piketty says, and may do so again. A work of extraordinary ambition, originality, and rigor, Capital in the Twenty-First Century "reorients our understanding of economic history and confronts us with sobering lessons for today.

Para Thomas Piketty, los debates intelectuales y políticos sobre la distribución de la riqueza se han alimentado sobre todo de grandes prejuicios y de muy pocos datos. En ese campo de batalla han convergido ideas sobre la igualdad entre los ciudadanos, el derecho de las personas a ser retribuidas conforme a sus meritos, la confianza en que el crecimiento economico mitiga de manera natural los contrastes entre los mas favorecidos y los francamente abandonados, pero la informacion concreta, referida a un plazo largo y a diversas geografias, no se habia empleado con suficiente rigor para entender como se acumula el patrimonio, que consecuencias sociales tiene ese proceso y que pueden hacer los Estados para enfrentarlo.El lector encontrara en estas paginas un muy detallado analisis de como se han distribuido el ingreso y la riqueza en el mundo, desde el siglo xviii y hasta nuestros dias. A partir de una rica base de datos economicos de una veintena de paises disponible en linea para quien quiera profundizar en tal o cual asunto y con certeras pinceladas literarias Balzac y Austen sirven para dar ejemplos de como las sociedades han entendido su relacion con el dinero, Piketty hace un minucioso recorrido historico y estadistico para identificar ciertos patrones en el proceso de acumulacion del patrimonio en las principales economias. Para el investigador de la Ecole de Economie de Paris, cada nacion ha respondido de manera diferente a una ley basica del capitalismo, segun la cual el rendimiento del capital suele ser superior, a veces por mucho, a la tasa de crecimiento de la economia, lo que puede estimular la concentracion de la riqueza y agravar la inequidad; queda a los Estados decidir, individual o colectivamente, como infl uir en esa fuerza polarizante.El capital en el siglo XXI ha despertado animadas polemicas en practicamente todo el orbe, en parte por reintroducir entre academicos, politicos, comentaristas y publico en general la preocupacion sobre las desigualdades sociales; en parte por su propuesta de establecer politicas fiscales de alcance global que moderen la disparidad impuestos a la riqueza y a la herencia; en parte por su vision amplia de lo que deben ser hoy las ciencias sociales, y en parte porque ofrece argumentos solidos, frescos, para que gobiernos y sociedades combatan de manera frontal el flagelo de la desigualdad. Por todo ello, la de Piketty es hoy una voz imprescindible en los tiempos que corren.

In todays fast-paced world, its tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books youll love, Joosrs brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com.Capitalism has been the driving force behind our economy for centuries, but its power brings issues with it. If you feel like you are being left behind while the rich get richer, understanding how capitalism creates wealth inequality will expose what can be done to change that. Capital in the Twenty-First Century is an eye-opening look at the dominant power of capitalism throughout modern history. Thomas Piketty has gathered data showing trends from all over the world, illustrating the resilience, momentum and earning power of the system. Offering radical ideas for changing the international economy, the book stands as a warning that if reform doesnt come soon then wealth inequality will only continue to grow, making it harder for the lower and middle classes to control their own financial destinies. You will learn: What wealth inequality is, how it works, and why its dangerous How capitalisms momentum makes it such a naturally unstoppable force What needs to change in order to limit capitalisms ever-growing power.

The return of the best-selling, award-winning economist extraordinaire.What can we do about inequality?How can we make the most of being in Europe?And how can we get the economy moving?Thomas Piketty''s Capital in the Twenty-First Century was a critically acclaimed, prize-winning bestseller, with more than 1.5 million copies sold around the world.With the same powerful evidence and range of reference - and in columns of 700 words, rather than 700 pages - Chronicles answers these questions and more, setting out Thomas Piketty''s thinking through his analysis of the financial crisis, what has happened since and where we should go from here.Tackling a wider range of subjects than in Capital, from Barack Obama to the migration crisis, it comprises the very best of his writing from the past ten years. Now, translated into English for the first time, it will bring much-needed clarity to our common future and further cement Piketty''s reputation as the world''s leading thinker today.

Dans ce recueil de chroniques parues dans Libération entre 2004 et 2012, Thomas Piketty décrypte le fonctionnement du système néo-libéral, dresse le bilan économique et social des années Sarkozy et l

La répartition des richesses est l'une des questions les plus débattues aujourd'hui. Pour les uns, les inégalités n'en finiraient pas de se creuser. Pour les autres, on assisterait à une réduction na

El Atlas de las desigualdades se propone, a través del análisis de reconocidos especialistas y un amplio despliegue de mapas, gráficos e infografías, reflejar las múltiples y crecientes desigualdades que agobian al mundo y desentrañar sus causas profundas.

Thomas Pikettywhose "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" pushed inequality to the forefront of public debatewrote The Economics of Inequality as an introduction to the conceptual and factual background necessary for interpreting changes in economic inequality over time. This concise text has established itself as an indispensable guide for students and general readers in France, where it has been regularly updated and revised. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer, "The Economics of Inequality" now appears in English for the first time.Piketty begins by explaining how inequality evolves and how economists measure it. In subsequent chapters, he explores variances in income and ownership of capital and the variety of policies used to reduce these gaps. Along the way, with characteristic clarity and precision, he introduces key ideas about the relationship between labor and capital, the effects of different systems of taxation, the distinction between historical and political time, the impact of education and technological change, the nature of capital markets, the role of unions, and apparent tensions between the pursuit of efficiency and the pursuit of fairness.Succinct, accessible, and authoritative, this is the ideal place to start for those who want to understand the fundamental issues at the heart of one of the most pressing concerns in contemporary economics and politics.

The worlds leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding. A perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier books.Its easy to be pessimistic about inequality. We know it has increased dramatically in many parts of the world over the past two generations. No one has done more to reveal the problem than Thomas Piketty. Now, in this surprising and powerful new work, Piketty reminds us that the grand sweep of history gives us reasons to be optimistic. Over the centuries, he shows, we have been moving toward greater equality.Piketty guides us with elegance and concision through the great movements that have made the modern world for better and worse: the growth of capitalism, revolutions, imperialism, slavery, wars, and the building of the welfare state. Its a history of violence and social struggle, punctuated by regression and disaster. But through it all, Piketty shows, human societies have moved fitfully toward a more just distribution of income and assets, a reduction of racial and gender inequalities, and greater access to health care, education, and the rights of citizenship. Our rough march forward is political and ideological, an endless fight against injustice. To keep moving, Piketty argues, we need to learn and commit to what works, to institutional, legal, social, fiscal, and educational systems that can make equality a lasting reality. At the same time, we need to resist historical amnesia and the temptations of cultural separatism and intellectual compartmentalization. At stake is the quality of life for billions of people. We know we can do better, Piketty concludes. The past shows us how. The future is up to us.

The return of the best selling award winning economist extraordinaireWith the same powerful evidence and range of reference as his global bestseller Capital in the Twenty First Century and in columns of 700 words rather than 700 pages Chronicles sets out Thomas Piketty s analysis of the financial crisis what has happened since and where we should go from here Tackling a wider range of subjects than in Capital from productivity in Britain to Barack Obama it comprises the very best of his writing for Liberation from the past ten years Now translated into English for the first time it will further cement Piketty s reputation as the world s leading thinker today

A New York Times 1 BestsellerAn Amazon 1 BestsellerA Wall Street Journal 1 BestsellerA USA Today BestsellerA Sunday Times BestsellerA Guardian Best Book of the 21st CenturyWinner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardWinner of the British Academy MedalFinalist National Book Critics Circle Award It seems safe to say that Capital in the Twenty First Century the magnum opus of the French economist Thomas Piketty will be the most important economics book of the year and maybe of the decade Paul Krugman New York Times The book aims to revolutionize the way people think about the economic history of the past two centuries It may well manage the feat The Economist Piketty s Capital in the Twenty First Century is an intellectual tour de force a triumph of economic history over the theoretical mathematical modeling that has come to dominate the economics profession in recent years Steven Pearlstein Washington Post Piketty has written an extraordinarily important book In its scale and sweep it brings us back to the founders of political economy Martin Wolf Financial Times A sweeping account of rising inequality Piketty has written a book that nobody interested in a defining issue of our era can afford to ignore John Cassidy New

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