Thomas Piketty―whose Capital in the Twenty-First Century pushed inequality to the forefront of public debate―wrote 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 app
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1971年出生的皮克迪18岁考入巴黎高等师范学院,22岁就获得巴黎高等社会科学院和伦敦经济学院的博士学位,博士论文就是以财富分配为题。此后皮凯蒂一直研究财富不平等现象,著有多部研究法国和世界关于财富分配的著作,2002年他获得法国青年经济学家奖。
法国经济学家托马斯·皮克迪Thomas Piketty的新著《21世纪资本论》(Capital in the Twenty-First Century)一经出版便引发东西方各国的热议和争论,成为全球经济界、思想界和媒体界炙手可热的人物。
22岁获得巴黎高等社会科学院和伦敦经济学院的博士学位,2006年作为创始人出任首任巴黎经济学院院长,曾获得法国青年经济学家奖、伊尔约·约翰逊经济学奖。主要研究方向:财富分配。
Thomas Pikettyborn on 7 May 1971 is a French economist who works onwealth and income inequality. He is a professor directeur d''études at thecole des hautes études en sciences socialesEHESS, professor at theParis School of Economicsand Centennial professor at theLondon School of Economicsnew International Inequalities Institute.
He is the author of the best-selling bookCapital in the Twenty-First Century2013,which emphasises the themes of his work onwealth concentrationsanddistributionover the past 250 years. The book argues that the rate of capital return indeveloped countriesis persistently greater than the rate of economic growth, and that this will causewealth inequalityto increase in the future. He considers that to be a problem, and to address it, he proposes redistribution through aprogressiveglobaltax on wealth