A Latter-Day Jacobin with a Lot of DataCapital in the Twenty-First CenturyThomas Piketty Translated by Arthur Goldhammer Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap, 2014 696 pp [Book Review]

Journal of Ayn Rand Studies 14 (2):281-290 (2014)
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Piketty underestimates the disposable income of the poor, while he overestimates the corresponding income of the rich, for systemic reasons. Recently, global income inequality has gone down. Piketty's belief that in the long run the rate of return for capital will surpass economic growth is not plausible. Capital tends to disperse, and the creative powers of capitalism, leading to economic growth, should not be underestimated. Piketty is worried about the superrich, but he should rather be worried about the increased power of government. What will happen if the rich cease to create wealth, as described in Atlas Shrugged?

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