Capital in the Twenty-First Century
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A New York Times #1 Bestseller
A Wall Street Journal #1 Bestseller
A USA Today Bestseller
A Sunday Times Bestseller
A Guardian Best Book of the 21st Century
Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
Winner of the British Academy Medal
Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award
“It seems safe to say that Capital in the Twenty-First Century, the magnum opus of the French economist Thomas Piketty, will be the most important economics book of the year―and maybe of the decade.”
―Paul Krugman, New York Times
“The book aims to revolutionize the way people think about the economic history of the past two centuries. It may well manage the feat.”
― The Economist
“Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century is an intellectual tour de force, a triumph of economic history over the theoretical, mathematical modeling that has come to dominate the economics profession in recent years.”
―Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post
“Piketty has written an extraordinarily important book…In its scale and sweep it brings us back to the founders of political economy.”
―Martin Wolf, Financial Times
“A sweeping account of rising inequality…Piketty has written a book that nobody interested in a defining issue of our era can afford to ignore.”
―John Cassidy, New Yorker
“Stands a fair chance of becoming the most influential work of economics yet published in our young century. It is the most important study of inequality in over fifty years.”
―Timothy Shenk, The Nation Read more
Editor's Take
Amazon reviewers say this economics book is ground-breaking, straightforward, and bold, with many readers finding the prose clear and the ideas interesting. Some reviewers also note that it can feel arduous at times and that the early chapters may be slow to get through.
There is clear disagreement in the reviews: positive readers praise the book as an important, data-driven analysis of inequality, while critics question its assumptions and describe some of the evidence as shaky or overly theoretical. Overall, the reaction is strongly split between those who see it as a major contribution to economics and those who see it as too optimistic about its own conclusions.
On Reddit, discussion tends to focus on whether the book is worth reading for beginners and whether Piketty’s inequality thesis holds up under scrutiny. Goodreads feedback is broadly favorable, with many community readers treating it as an important and influential work, though not always an easy one.
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Specifications
| Publisher | Belknap Press:An Imprint of Harvard University Press |
| Publication date | August 14, 2017 |
| Edition | Reprint |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 816 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0674979850 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0674979857 |
| Item Weight | 2.04 pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.5 x 1.65 x 8.5 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #21,195 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Comparative Economics (Books) #4 in Income Inequality #8 in Economic Policy & Development (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (5,759) |
