After Piketty

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After Piketty presents a rich dialogue among leading economists and social scientists who explore and critique Thomas Piketty's influential work Capital in the Twenty-First Century. This collection examines Piketty's analysis of inequality and economic growth, questioning key assumptions like the equation r > g which suggests returns on capital grow faster than the economy. Contributors provide historical context and discuss topics including the roles of slavery, gender, and political power in economic systems, while Piketty offers his own responses, making the volume a rare intellectual excursion into modern economic thought.
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This volume is well suited for economists, social scientists, policymakers, students, and readers with a keen interest in the dynamics of wealth, inequality, and economic theory. It caters to those seeking a nuanced understanding of Piketty's work and its implications within the broader socio-economic discourse.

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Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year

"An intellectual excursion of a kind rarely offered by modern economics." -Foreign Affairs

Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century is the most widely discussed work of economics in recent years. But are its analyses of inequality and economic growth on target? Where should researchers go from there in exploring the ideas Piketty pushed to the forefront of global conversation? A cast of leading economists and other social scientists—including Emmanuel Saez, Branko Milanovic, Laura Tyson, and Michael Spence—tackle these questions in dialogue with Piketty.

"A fantastic introduction to Piketty's main argument in Capital, and to some of the main criticisms, including doubt that his key equation showing that returns on capital grow faster than the economy will hold true in the long run." -Nature

"Piketty's work laid bare just how ill-equipped our existing frameworks are for understanding, predicting, and changing inequality. This extraordinary collection shows that our most nimble social scientists are responding to the challenge." -Justin Wolfers, University of Michigan

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Praised as a Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year and highlighted by reviewers like Aaron Reeves in Nature, this book is recognised for its thoughtful engagement with Piketty’s arguments and its critical perspective on enduring economic inequalities. Reviewers commend the essays for offering deep dives into the political economy of inequality and placing Piketty's work within a broad historical and intellectual framework, making it a compelling read for those interested in contemporary economic debates.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780674237889

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 February 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard University Press

Illustration: 8 photos, 43 illus., 7 tables

Contributors:

Edited by Heather Boushey
Edited by J. Bradford DeLong
Edited by Marshall Steinbaum

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 688

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Education & Reference Finance & Economics Finance & Investment Non-Fiction

About the Author

Heather Boushey is President and CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and former Chief Economist on Hillary Clinton’s transition team. She is the author of Finding Time: The Economics of Work-Life Conflict and coeditor of After Piketty: The Agenda for Economics and Inequality (both from Harvard). The New York Times has called Boushey one of the “most vibrant voices in the field” and Politico twice named her one of the top 50 “thinkers, doers, and visionaries transforming American politics.” J. Bradford DeLong is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. Marshall Steinbaum is Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, New York.