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    The contradictions of capital in the twenty-first century : the Piketty opportunity / edited by Pat Hudson and Keith Tribe.

    Contributor(s): Hudson, Pat, 1948- [editor.] | Tribe, Keith [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: xii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781911116103; 191111610X; 9781911116110; 1911116118Other title: Contradictions of capital in the 21st centurySubject(s): Piketty, Thomas, 1971- Capital au XXIe siècle | Capital au XXIe siècle (Piketty, Thomas) | Piketty, Thomas 1971- Le capital au XXIe siècle | Income distribution | Capital | Wealth | Capital | Income distribution | Wealth | EinkommensverteilungDDC classification: 332/.041 LOC classification: HB501 | .C7267 2016
    Contents:
    Introduction / Pat Hudson and Keith Tribe -- Capital and wealth / G. C. Harcourt and Keith Tribe -- Inequality / Keith Tribe -- Models, money and housing / Avner Offer -- French idiosyncracies / Gauthier Lanot -- Fact or fiction? Complexities of economic inequality in twentieth-century Germany / Jan-Otmar Hesse -- Collective wealth formation : conflict and compromise in Sweden, 1950-2000 / Ylva Hasselberg and Henry Ohlsson -- A confusion of capital in the United States / Mary A. O'Sullivan -- Distributional politics : the search for equality in Britain since the First World War / Jim Tomlinson -- Looking at Piketty from the periphery / Luis Bértola -- The differences of inequality in Africa / Patrick Manning and Matt Drwenski -- Income distribution in pre-war Japan / Tetsuji Okazaki -- Piketty and India / Prasannan Parthasarathi -- Goals and measures of development : the Piketty opportunity / Pat Hudson -- Wealth and income distribution : new theories needed for a new era / Ravi Kanbur and Joseph E. Stiglitz.
    Summary: This volume of essays builds upon renewed interest in the long-run global development of wealth and inequality stimulated by the publication in 2014 of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century. It brings together an international team of leading economic historians and economists to provide a comprehensive overview of global developments in the theory, practice, and policy of inequality, and its place in the modern world order. The contributors take stock of the key concepts involved - capital, wealth and income, inequality, economic development, financialization - and evaluate the evidence for historical trends in existing national statistical data sources. To the developed economies upon which Piketty drew are added contributions covering Latin America, Africa, India, and Japan, providing a global perspective upon a global phenomenon. The book seeks to provide readers with a deeper awareness and understanding of the significance of equality and inequality in economic development, the varying pace of economic change around the world, and the manner in which this process of change affects the distribution of wealth and inequality in diverse economies. The collection marks an important step in the process of developing Piketty's analytical framework and empirical material, overcoming its limitations and helping to cement a lasting place for inequality in the agenda of growth theory. -- Provided by publisher.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    Introduction / Pat Hudson and Keith Tribe -- Capital and wealth / G. C. Harcourt and Keith Tribe -- Inequality / Keith Tribe -- Models, money and housing / Avner Offer -- French idiosyncracies / Gauthier Lanot -- Fact or fiction? Complexities of economic inequality in twentieth-century Germany / Jan-Otmar Hesse -- Collective wealth formation : conflict and compromise in Sweden, 1950-2000 / Ylva Hasselberg and Henry Ohlsson -- A confusion of capital in the United States / Mary A. O'Sullivan -- Distributional politics : the search for equality in Britain since the First World War / Jim Tomlinson -- Looking at Piketty from the periphery / Luis Bértola -- The differences of inequality in Africa / Patrick Manning and Matt Drwenski -- Income distribution in pre-war Japan / Tetsuji Okazaki -- Piketty and India / Prasannan Parthasarathi -- Goals and measures of development : the Piketty opportunity / Pat Hudson -- Wealth and income distribution : new theories needed for a new era / Ravi Kanbur and Joseph E. Stiglitz.

    This volume of essays builds upon renewed interest in the long-run global development of wealth and inequality stimulated by the publication in 2014 of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century. It brings together an international team of leading economic historians and economists to provide a comprehensive overview of global developments in the theory, practice, and policy of inequality, and its place in the modern world order. The contributors take stock of the key concepts involved - capital, wealth and income, inequality, economic development, financialization - and evaluate the evidence for historical trends in existing national statistical data sources. To the developed economies upon which Piketty drew are added contributions covering Latin America, Africa, India, and Japan, providing a global perspective upon a global phenomenon. The book seeks to provide readers with a deeper awareness and understanding of the significance of equality and inequality in economic development, the varying pace of economic change around the world, and the manner in which this process of change affects the distribution of wealth and inequality in diverse economies. The collection marks an important step in the process of developing Piketty's analytical framework and empirical material, overcoming its limitations and helping to cement a lasting place for inequality in the agenda of growth theory. -- Provided by publisher.

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