Pocket Piketty: A Handy Guide To Capital In The Twenty-first Century
by Jesper Roine /
2017 / English / EPUB
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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
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’sCapital in
the Twenty-First Century
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? How many more shuddered
at the thought of committing $40 to such a venture? And how many of
Piketty’s groundshaking concepts have gone unappreciated, all for
want of intellectual stamina?
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? How many more shuddered
at the thought of committing $40 to such a venture? 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
Deliverance is at hand in the form ofPocket Piketty
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.
,
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.
