Piketty's critics will shape global inequality debate
Piketty's book and its critics are shaping research on inequality
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- Piketty's model
- B=K/Y=s/g
- a=P/Y=rB
- r exceeds g
- Will the profit share rise?
- Elasticity of substitution between capital and labour
- Matthew Rognlie
- Robert Rowthorn
- Housing and land
- Income distribution
- Economics or political economy?
- Why inequality matters?
- Empirical evidence
- Top incomes and finance
- Other factors
- Policies to reduce inequality
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_350.jpg "French economist Thomas Piketty poses in his office in Paris (Reuters/Charles Platiau)")