Critical remarks on Piketty’s ’Capital in the twenty-first century’

Stefan Homburg

This paper is about “Capital in the Twenty-first Century” by Thomas Piketty. It identifies his central macroeconomic claims and examines them, arguing that the contentions are theoretically and empirically unwarranted.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Homburg, Stefan
Publisher:	Hannover : Leibniz Univ., Wirtschaftswiss. Fak.
Subject:	Capital \| wealth \| income distribution \| taxes \| Einkommensverteilung \| Income distribution \| Vermögensverteilung \| Wealth distribution \| Vermögensteuer \| Wealth tax \| Vermögen \| Wealth \| Umverteilung \| Redistribution \| Kapitalertragsteuer \| Capital income tax \| Einkommensteuer \| Income tax \| Welt \| World \| Kapitalismus \| Capitalism \| Theorie \| Theory \| Kritik \| Criticism \| Einkommen \| Income