Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Contents\nAcknowledgments\nNote on the Text\nIntroduction\nPart One: Income and Capital\n1. Income and Output\n2. Growth: Illusions and Realities\nPart Two: The Dynamics of the Capital/Income Ratio\n3. The Metamorphoses of Capital\n4. From Old Europe to the New World\n5. The Capital / Income Ratio over the Long Run\n6. The Capital-Labor Split in the Twenty-First Century\nPart Three: The Structure of Inequality\n7. Inequality and Concentration: Preliminary Bearings\n8. Two Worlds\n9. Inequality of Labor Income\n10. Inequality of Capital Ownership\n11. Merit and Inheritance in the Long Run\n12. Global Inequality of Wealth in the Twenty-First Century\nPart Four: Regulating Capital in the Twenty-First Century\n13. A Social State for the Twenty-First Century\n14. Rethinking the Progressive Income Tax\n15. A Global Tax on Capital\n16. The Question of the Public Debt\nConclusion\nContents in Detail\nTables and Illustrations\nIndex