Critical remarks on Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-first Century

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1401-1406
Number of pages6
JournalApplied economics
Volume47
Issue number14
Publication statusPublished - 6 Jan 2015

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This article discusses the central macroeconomic claims that are made in Thomas Piketty’s book Capital in the Twenty-first Century. The article aims to show that Piketty’s contentions are not only logically flawed but also contradicted by his own data.

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    capital, income distribution, taxes, wealth

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Critical remarks on Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-first Century. / Homburg, Stefan.
In: Applied economics, Vol. 47, No. 14, 06.01.2015, p. 1401-1406.

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Homburg S. Critical remarks on Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-first Century. Applied economics. 2015 Jan 6;47(14):1401-1406. doi: 10.1080/00036846.2014.997927
Homburg, Stefan. / Critical remarks on Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-first Century. In: Applied economics. 2015 ; Vol. 47, No. 14. pp. 1401-1406.
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