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

Stefan Homburg

Applied Economics, 2015, vol. 47, issue 14, 1401-1406

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2014.997927

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