{"product_id":"thomas-pikettys-capital-in-the-stephan-kaufmann-9781784786144","title":"Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century: An Introduction","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn introduction to Thomas Piketty's monumental work\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUS Nobel Prize-winner Paul Krugman described Thomas Piketty's \u003ci\u003eCapital in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e as \"perhaps the most important book of the last decade.\" It has sparked major international debates, dominated bestseller lists and generated a level of enthusiasm--as well as intense criticism--in a way no other economic or sociological work has in a long time. Piketty has been described as a new Karl Marx and placed in the same league as the economist John Maynard Keynes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \"rock star economist's\" underlying thesis is that inequality under capitalism has reached dramatic levels in the last few decades and continues to grow--and that this is not by chance. A small elite is making itself richer and richer and acquiring everincreasing levels of power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiven the sensational reception of Piketty's not-so-easily digested 800-page study, the question as to where the hype around the book comes from deserves to be asked. What does it get right? And what should we make of it--both of the book itself and of the criticism it has received? This introduction lays out the argument of Piketty's monumental work in a compact and understandable format, while also investigating the controversies Piketty has stirred up. In addition, the two authors demonstrate the limits, contradictions and errors of the so-called Piketty revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephan Kaufmann, Ingo Stutzle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1784786144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784786144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.30d","brand":"Stephan Kaufmann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984303325439,"sku":"9781784786144","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_33054c48-6db1-4c71-846c-d187a9718dc7.jpg?v=1683271615","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thomas-pikettys-capital-in-the-stephan-kaufmann-9781784786144","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}