This Time it’s Ideological
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13034830 |
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| Authors | Andrew Leigh (0000-0002-5639-0509, Australian National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 11-1 |
| Pages | 135-142 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OEconomia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2113-5207 • E-ISSN: 2269-8450 |
| Publisher | Association Œconomia (PUBLISHER • FR) |
| DOI | 10.4000/oeconomia.10565 |
| OpenAlex | W3172207583 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Thomas Piketty isn’t scared to tell a big story. In 2013, he produced Capital in the Twenty-First Century, a 700-page tome about inequality that combined Jane Austen and Honore de Balzac with data from tax returns and national statistics. One idea that captivated many readers was r versus g. When the rate of return on capital (think rental yields and share dividends) exceeds the overall economic growth rate, then inequality rises. When g is bigger than r, inequality falls. The theory didn’t e
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| Highly cited | No |
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