03139nam 2200625 450 991078701180332120200520144314.01-927277-74-4(CKB)3710000000264699(EBL)1822927(SSID)ssj0001414340(PQKBManifestationID)11777394(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001414340(PQKBWorkID)11431611(PQKB)11533280(MiAaPQ)EBC1822927(Au-PeEL)EBL1822927(CaPaEBR)ebr10957155(OCoLC)893732475(EXLCZ)99371000000026469920141102h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe Piketty phenomenon New Zealand perspectivesWellington, New Zealand :Bridget Williams Books Limited,2014.20141 online resource (105 p.)BWB TextsDescription based upon print version of record.1-927277-71-X Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Introduction; About the Authors; Has Capital in the Twenty-First Century Changed Anything?; Income and wealth distribution; Piketty's approach; The Matthew principle; Policy implications; Piketty's Book is the Real Article; Why the Fuss?; How Economists Might View the Piketty Thesis; The Promise of a New Politics and a New Economics; A new politics; A new economics; Pickings from Piketty; What Piketty Means for Us; Unplugging the Machine; Gender: the missing discussion; The orthodoxy of wide earnings differentials; How radical is Piketty?; Unplugging the systemIlluminating Inequality Why We Need to Shift to Capital Taxes; What is the Piketty Model, and Does it Fit New Zealand?; The relationship between labour and capital; Drivers of the policy conclusions; Relevance to New Zealand?; Bringing Wealth into the Spotlight; Wealth in New Zealand; Recalibrating New Zealand; New Zealand Superannuation; Working for Families; Taxation of wealth; The Future of Inequality; 1. The book challenges dominant beliefs about elites and inequality; 2. Inequality became a heated topic after 2008; 3. The book clarifies and legitimises middle-class anxieties post-20084. The book remains reassuringly conventionalThe future of inequality; Capital Connections for Education; Endnotes; About BWB TextsA diverse range of economists and commentators address the relevance of Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century' for New Zealand.BWB TextsCapitalNew ZealandIncome distributionNew ZealandWealthNew ZealandLabor economicsNew ZealandCapitalIncome distributionWealthLabor economics630MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787011803321The Piketty phenomenon3769868UNINA