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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
PART 1. AN APOCALYPTIC VISION
Section 1. No Declining Inequality?
1. THE GREAT PROCESS OF EQUALIZATION OF CONDITIONS
2. LONGEVITY, EDUCATION, AND THE HUGE NEW WORLDWIDE INCREASES IN EQUALITY
Section 2. An Anti-Rich Bias
3. WHERE ARE THE "SUPER RICH" OF 1987?
4. PIKETTY ON MANAGEMENT AND WEALTH
5. THE SOCIOLOGY OF PIKETTY'S ANTI-RICH STANCE
Section 3. No Capital for the Poor?
6. PIKETTY GETS IT WRONG
7. THOMAS PIKETTY'S GREAT CONTRADICTION
8. PIKETTY AND EMERGING MARKETS
PART 2. CRITICIZING THE EMPIRICAL STRENGTH OF CAPITAL IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Section 4. On Capital and Incomes: Questionable Data, Regrettable Omissions
9. PIKETTY'S NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP
10. THE RICH, AND EVERYONE ELSE, GET RICHER
11. IS HOUSING CAPITAL?
12. HOW TO INFLATE THE RETURN OF CAPITAL
Section 5. Forging Statistics, Historical Inconsistencies
13. THE FINANCIAL TIMES VS. PIKETTY
14. PIKETTY IS MISLEADING ABOUT THE SWEDISH CASE
15. CHALLENGING THE EMPIRICAL CONTRIBUTION OF THOMAS PIKETTY'S CAPITAL IN THE 21ST CENTURY
PART 3. THEORY AND POLICY
Section 6. The Dangers of the Historicist Method
16. THE RISE AND DECLINE OF THE GENERAL LAWS OF CAPITALISM
17. GET REAL: A REVIEW OF THOMAS PIKETTY'S CAPITAL IN THE 21ST CENTURY
18. THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN CREATING INEQUALITY
Section 7. What Can We Conclude from r > g?
19. CAPITAL, RETURNS, AND RISK: A CRITIQUE OF THOMAS PIKETTY'S CAPITAL IN THE 21ST CENTURY
20. PIKETTY'S WORLD FORMULA
21. A CONTROVERSIAL ASSUMPTION
22. AN INFINITE GROWTH OF LARGE FORTUNES? THE LIMITS OF MATHEMATICS
Section 8. Taxation: Consequences of Piketty's Policies and Alternative Reforms
23. PIKETTY'S PLAN FOR EQUALITY WOULD REDUCE PERSONAL FREEDOM AND UNDERMINE GROWTH
24. TAX REFORM: NOT THE PIKETTY WAY
NOTES
REFERENCES
CONTRIBUTORS
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