Capital in the Twenty-first Century by the economist Thomas Piketty has been acclaimed as one of the most influential books of this decade. Its thesis that wealth inequality in the rich world is going back to levels last reached 100 years ago has prompted a fierce debate among academics and policy makers. While commentators have disagreed over the implications of the findings, even critics have hailed the data work underpinning the book’s conclusions.
經濟學家托馬斯•皮凱蒂(Thomas Piketty,見上圖)所著的《21世紀的資本》(Capital in the Twenty-first Century),被譽爲2010年代最具影響力的著作之一。該書的命題,即富裕國家的財富不平等已重返100年前達到的水準,已在學術界和政策制定者當中引發激烈辯論。儘管評論人士對其研究結果的影響看法不一,但即便是批評者也對支撐該書結論的數據工作表示了讚賞。