{"product_id":"capital-in-the-twenty-first-century-9780674979857","title":"Capital in the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e #1 Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eAn Amazon #1 Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e #1 Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the 21st Century\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\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePiketty, Thomas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Thomas Piketty is Professor at the Paris School of Economics.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePiketty, Thomas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Thomas Piketty is Professor at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and the Paris School of Economics and Codirector of the World Inequality Lab.","brand":"Belknap Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50582664216850,"sku":"9780674979857","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d400d863-4d94-45ff-8722-edf8848f14d3.jpg?v=1732022565","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/capital-in-the-twenty-first-century-9780674979857","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}