This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of capital taxation in advanced economies with a focus on the … Swedish experience. We synthesize the existing theoretical literature, present facts about the capital stock and its … distribution, review current capital tax practices and empirical findings regarding their effects on economic activity. The paper …

This paper is about “Capital in the Twenty-first Century” by Thomas Piketty. It identifies his central macroeconomic …

The main driver of inequality--returns on capital that exceed the rate of economic growth--is again threatening to … work will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality. …