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'Capital in the Twenty-First Century' by Thomas Piketty, reviewed | New Republic

Thomas Piketty Is Right
Everything you need to know about 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century'
BY ROBERT M. SOLOW

Income inequality in the United States and elsewhere has been worsening since the 1970s. The most striking aspect has been the widening gap between the rich and the rest. This ominous anti-democratic trend has finally found its way into public consciousness and political rhetoric.

This is Piketty’s main point, and his new and powerful contribution to an old topic: as long as the rate of return exceeds the rate of growth, the income and wealth of the rich will grow faster than the typical income from work.

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