Anti-Piketty: Capital for the 21st-Century

By Jean-Philippe Delsol and NICOLAS LECAUSSIN

Book Overview

Thomas Piketty's book Capital in the Twenty-First Century has enjoyed great success, both among academics and the general public. Its influence on politics also cannot be denied. His book provided something people had waited for - a new scientific theory about wealth and inequality. However, there were . Anti-Piketty: Capital for the 21st Century collects those essential criticisms from twenty specialists--economists, historians and tax experts--who provide scientific and rigorous arguments against Piketty's central theses. These researchers, who come from many countries and many backgrounds, examine the notions of inequality, growth, wealth and capital that Piketty treated in his book. They show in new ways how inequality did not explode, the rich are not rentiers but rather entrepreneurs who take risks and create millions of jobs, that wealth can not indefinitely grow faster than economic growth, and that radical taxation does not solve problems but aggravates them.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1944424253
• ISBN13: 9781944424251
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Cato Institute
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Literal Paid Propaganda for the 1%

This is a publication by the Cato Institute, which is funded by the Koch Brothers specifically to push their radical pro-corporation, pro-billionaire agenda. These people are not only evil, they are clowns, and they have billions of dollars, with which they buy politicians, influence legislation, and push out propaganda like this book. It's so funny to me that economists can look at the state of today's world and say, "yup things are going fine! there's no problem with inequality or corruption. the real problem is that banks and corporations don't have enough power, and the 1% aren't rich enough."