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Repeating the name of marxs capital, the implication of the title was that it was an updating marxs 19th. No economics book published in recent years has had as much impact as thomas pikettys capital in the 21st century. His findings will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of. When thomas pikettys capital in the 21st century was published in 2014 the french edition had appeared the preceding year, it suffered an unexpected fate for a treatise of 700 pages, filled with statistics and equations. With gillian tett, ian bremmer, kate williams, rana foroohar. Thomas pikettys capital in the twentyfirst century is a monumental book that will influence economic analysis and perhaps policymaking in the years to come.

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