Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century is the most widely discussed work of economics in recent history … reasons for Capital's phenomenal success, followed by the published reviews of Nobel laureates Robert Solow and Paul Krugman … contributors ask whether Piketty said enough about power, slavery, and the complex nature of capital. Laura Tyson and Michael …

Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century is the most widely discussed work of economics in recent history … Capital’s phenomenal success, followed by the published reviews of Nobel laureates Paul Krugman and Robert Solow. The rest of … ask whether Piketty said enough about power, slavery, and the complex nature of capital. Laura Tyson and Michael Spence …

transfers over this period is taken into account. We show that the increase in capital's share of total income and the presence … of capital-entrepreneurial skill complementarity are two key features that help support the wages of ordinary workers as … the new technology diffuses. -- income inequality ; skill-biased technological change ; capital-skill complementarity …