Capital in the Twenty-First Century

"It seems safe to say that Capital in the Twenty-First Century, the magnum opus of the French economist Thomas Piketty, will be the most important economics book of the year-and maybe of the decade. "-Paul Krugman, New York Times"The book aims to revolutionize the way people think about the economic history of the past two centuries. It may well manage the feat. "-The Economist"Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century is an intellectual tour de force, a triumph of economic history over the theoretical, mathematical modeling that has come to dominate the economics profession in recent years. "-Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post"Piketty has written an extraordinarily important book. In its scale and sweep it brings us back to the founders of political economy. "-Martin Wolf, Financial Times"A sweeping account of rising inequality. Piketty has written a book that nobody interested in a defining issue of our era can afford to ignore. "-John Cassidy, New Yorker"Stands a fair chance of becoming the most influential work of economics yet published in our young century. It is the most important study of inequality in over fifty years. "-Timothy Shenk, The Nation