A Capital’s Capital by Gilles Postel-Vinay (Hardback Book)

Name: A Capital’s Capital by Gilles Postel-Vinay (Hardback Book)
Brand: Princeton University Press

Princeton University Press

A study of the changes in wealth and its distribution in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Paris that maps the interplay among wealth, inequality, and welfareSuccessful economies sustain capital accumulation across generations, and capital accumulation leads to large increases in private wealth. In this book, Gilles Postel-Vinay and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal map the fluctuations in wealth and its distribution in Paris between 1807 and 1977. Drawing on a unique dataset of the bequests of almost 800,000 Parisians, they show that real wealth per decedent varied immensely during this period while inequality began high and declined only slowly. Parisians\u2019 portfolios document startling changes in the geography and types of wealth over time.\nPostel-Vinay and Rosenthal\u2019s account reveals the impact\n\nA Capital\u2019s Capital\nTwo Hundred Years of Wealth and Inequality in Paris\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail t;