Pocket Piketty

Roine, Jesper

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1786992337 ISBN 13 : 9781786992338

Editeur : Zed Books Ltd, 2017

Présentation de l'éditeur :

We all know the book: it's been hailed as one of the most important documents on how the world economy works, or doesn't work, and it's been a colossal bestseller since it first appeared in 2014, with more than 1.5 million copies sold. Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century makes a powerful case that wealth, and accumulated wealth, tends to stay where it lands: and with the passage of time, just gets bigger and bigger. But how many of us who bought or borrowed the book-or even, perhaps, reviewed it-have read more than a fraction of its 696 pages? And how many of Piketty's groundshaking concepts have gone unappreciated, all for want of intellectual stamina? Deliverance is at hand in the form of Pocket Piketty, written in clear and accessible prose by an experienced economist and teacher-and one whose work was relied on by Piketty for his masterpiece. In this handy and slim volume, Jesper Roine explains all things Piketty.

Revue de presse :

'A very readable summary of Piketty's important book, written by a leading expert on inequality data.' --Per Krusell, Chair of the Committee for the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

'An ideal companion to Piketty. For students and those in need of easier access to Piketty's work, Roine lays out the story in clear terms while providing very useful historical and economic background.' --David Stasavage, New York University

'Jesper Roine has written a superb summary of the most talked-about economics book of the 21st century. Jesper's sharp analytical mind, deep social interest and his own respected research in the field make him the ideal author of a book like this.' --Magnus Henrekson, Research Institute of Industrial Economics