SUMMARY - Anti-Piketty: Capital For The 21st-Century By Emmanuel Martin, Nicolas Lecaussin And Jean-Philippe Delsol

Written by Shortcut Edition

Narrated by Digital Voice Mike G

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

By reading this summary, you will discover an international panorama of criticisms formulated against Thomas Piketty's book, Capital in the 21st Century, from an empirical and theoretical point of view.

You will also learn :

• to what extent Thomas Piketty's deterministic vision of increasing inequality is not inevitable;
• that his figures and methods of calculation reveal weaknesses and a certain bias;
• that the contribution of the richest is essential to growth and employment;
• what would be the consequences of the fiscal policies advocated by Thomas Piketty?
• that the fight against inequality must not obscure the importance of the fight against extreme poverty;
• what liberal solutions exist to achieve this.

Jean-Philippe Delsol, Nicolas Lecaussin and Emmanuel Martin brought together several authors, both French and foreign, to fuel the debate around the book Le Capital au XXIe siècle by economist Thomas Piketty.

The book was a great editorial success, particularly among supporters of the welfare state. However, economists are not unanimous about his law of returns on capital greater than growth (r > g), a phenomenon that, according to Piketty, generates an increase in inequality, and his strategy of high taxation of the highest incomes to remedy it. Anti-Piketty. Vive le Capital au XXIe siècle ! proposes to expose the limits, insufficiencies, and dangers of Thomas Piketty's thinking. It also formulates liberal-inspired alternatives to fight against inequality and poverty.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shortcut Edition
• Release date: Feb 18, 2024
• ISBN: 9798868755637