{"product_id":"capital-in-the-twenty-first-century-9780674979857","title":"Capital in the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e #1 Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e An Amazon #1 Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e #1 Bestseller \u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the British Academy Medal\u003cbr\u003eFinalist, National Book Critics Circle Award \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It seems safe to say that \u003ci\u003eCapital in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e, the magnum opus of the French economist Thomas Piketty, will be the most important economics book of the year--and maybe of the decade.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Paul Krugman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The book aims to revolutionize the way people think about the economic history of the past two centuries. It may well manage the feat.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Piketty's \u003ci\u003eCapital in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Steven Pearlstein, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Piketty has written an extraordinarily important book...In its scale and sweep it brings us back to the founders of political economy.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Martin Wolf, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--John Cassidy, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Timothy Shenk, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674979857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.80d","brand":"Thomas Piketty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36639861506204,"sku":"9780674979857","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8d40406c-9235-41ae-8b4f-0c5567fa6504.jpg?v=1603850772","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/capital-in-the-twenty-first-century-9780674979857","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}