Piketty in the long run

Cowell, Frank

Piketty in the long run

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Abstract: I examine the idea of ‘the long run’ in Piketty (2014) and related works. In contrast to simplistic interpretations of long-run models of income- and wealth-distribution Piketty (2014) draws on a rich economic analysis that models the intra- and inter-generational processes that underly the development of the wealth distribution. These processes inevitably involve both market and non-market mechanisms. To understand this approach, and to isolate the impact of different social and economic factors on inequality in the long run, we use the concept of an equilibrium distribution. However the long-run analysis of policy should not presume that there is an inherent tendency for the wealth distribution to approach equilibrium.

Keywords: Long run; income distribution; wealth distribution; nequality; inheritance; equilibrium (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-12
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Published in British Journal of Sociology, December, 2014, 65(4), pp. 708-720. ISSN: 0007-1315

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