Piketty's Grandchildren

Capital & Class, Forthcoming

7 Pages Posted: 15 Sep 2014

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Nicholas Vrousalis

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (EIPE)

Date Written: September 1, 2014

Abstract

This review of Piketty (2014) argues that, although the author does a fine job outlining capitalism's 'fundamental structural contradiction', it completely misconstrues the set of policies and the kind of agency that would be required to remove it.

Keywords: inequality, Piketty, class, exploitation

JEL Classification: B22, E60, H50, N14, 011, P16, P26

Suggested Citation

Vrousalis, Nicholas, Piketty's Grandchildren (September 1, 2014). Capital & Class, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2495840

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