{"product_id":"after-piketty-heather-boushey-9780674237889","title":"After Piketty: The Agenda for Economics and Inequality","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An intellectual excursion of a kind rarely offered by modern economics.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Piketty's \u003ci\u003eCapital in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fantastic introduction to Piketty's main argument in \u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Justin Wolfers, University of Michigan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heather Boushey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674237889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674237889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.70w x 1.80d","brand":"Heather Boushey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981083640063,"sku":"9780674237889","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea770fb1-0fa3-4cb5-97d9-f5d55fa31a60.jpg?v=1683253568","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/after-piketty-heather-boushey-9780674237889","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}