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, "TheNew 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"