The Piketty Phenomenon : New Zealand Perspectives
| Year of publication: |
2014
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| Authors: | Bertram, Geoff |
| Other Persons: | Chapple, Simon (contributor) ; Curtin, Donal (contributor) ; Easton, Brian (contributor) ; Harris, Max (contributor) ; Hazledine, Tim (contributor) ; Hickey, Bernard (contributor) ; Hyman, Prue (contributor) ; Kingi, Hautahi (contributor) ; Morgan, Gareth (contributor) ; Nolan, Matt (contributor) ; Rashbrooke, Max (contributor) ; St John, Susan (contributor) ; Wade, Robert H. (contributor) ; Wylie, Cathy (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Wellington : Bridget Williams Books |
| Subject: | Neuseeland | New Zealand |
| Description of contents: |
A diverse range of economists and commentators address the relevance of Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century' for New Zealand
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Online Resource
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (105 p) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record Contents; Introduction; About the Authors; Has Capital in the Twenty-First Century Changed Anything?; Income and wealth distribution; Piketty's approach; The Matthew principle; Policy implications; Piketty's Book is the Real Article; Why the Fuss?; How Economists Might View the Piketty Thesis; The Promise of a New Politics and a New Economics; A new politics; A new economics; Pickings from Piketty; What Piketty Means for Us; Unplugging the Machine; Gender: the missing discussion; The orthodoxy of wide earnings differentials; How radical is Piketty?; Unplugging the system Illuminating InequalityWhy We Need to Shift to Capital Taxes; What is the Piketty Model, and Does it Fit New Zealand?; The relationship between labour and capital; Drivers of the policy conclusions; Relevance to New Zealand?; Bringing Wealth into the Spotlight; Wealth in New Zealand; Recalibrating New Zealand; New Zealand Superannuation; Working for Families; Taxation of wealth; The Future of Inequality; 1. The book challenges dominant beliefs about elites and inequality; 2. Inequality became a heated topic after 2008; 3. The book clarifies and legitimises middle-class anxieties post-2008 4. The book remains reassuringly conventionalThe future of inequality; Capital Connections for Education; Endnotes; About BWB Texts |
| ISBN: | 978-1-927277-71-3 ; 978-1-927277-74-4 ; 978-1-927277-71-3 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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