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Debate na USP com Thomas Piketty, Paulo Guedes e André Lara Resende (2014)
Debate na USP com Thomas Piketty, Paulo Guedes e André Lara Resende (2014)
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Since Spring 2018, Italy has been governed by a strange social-nativist coalition of the Five Star Movement (M5S) and the Lega, (the former Northern League). The Five Star Movement (M5S) is an anti-system and anti-establishment party, which is unclassifiable in the usual left-right typologies but one of its leitmotifs is a guaranteed basic income. The Lega is a regionalist and anti-tax movement, now converted into a nationalist party specialised in hunting foreigners. It would be an...
Read More »Measuring Income Inequality: P90/P10 Ratio | Kuzntes Curve | Thomas Piketty Review
Measuring Income Inequality: P90/P10 Ratio | Kuzntes Curve This week, the book of the week is The Economics of Inequality by Thomas Piketty. About: "Succinct, accessible, and authoritative, Thomas Piketty's The Economics of Inequality is the ideal place to start for those who want to understand the fundamental issues at the heart of one the most pressing concerns in contemporary economics and politics. This work now appears in English for the first time". Find me: Facebook...
Read More »How to Reduce Income Inequality | Pure vs Efficient Redistribution | Thomas Piketty Review
How to Reduce Income Inequality | Pure vs Efficient Redistribution | Thomas Piketty Review This week, the book of the week is The Economics of Inequality by Thomas Piketty. Verdict: this book is not necessarily the best starting point if you are interested in learning more about income inequality. About: "Succinct, accessible, and authoritative, Thomas Piketty's The Economics of Inequality is the ideal place to start for those who want to understand the fundamental issues at the heart of...
Read More »Economics of Inequality by Thomas Piketty | NOT IMPRESSED | Book Review #2
This week, the book of the week is The Economics of Inequality by Thomas Piketty. Verdict: this book is not necessarily the best starting point if you are interested in learning more about income inequality. About: "Succinct, accessible, and authoritative, Thomas Piketty's The Economics of Inequality is the ideal place to start for those who want to understand the fundamental issues at the heart of one the most pressing concerns in contemporary economics and politics. This work now appears...
Read More »#2 – The Economics of Inequality by Thomas Piketty
This week, the book of the week is The Economics of Inequality by Thomas Piketty. About: "Succinct, accessible, and authoritative, Thomas Piketty's The Economics of Inequality is the ideal place to start for those who want to understand the fundamental issues at the heart of one the most pressing concerns in contemporary economics and politics. This work now appears in English for the first time". Find me: Facebook facebook.com/maxoklymenko Instagram instagram.com/maxoklymenko Twitter...
Read More »Un impuesto al “Capital” – Thomas Piketty
Una breve reseña de lo que plantea Piketty sobre como podría incentivarse el movimiento de capitales
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Europe, migrants and trade
While European leaders are preparing to tighten the conditions of entry into the European Union it is worth trying to get a clearer picture of the current patterns of migration and more broadly of Europe’s positioning in the globalisation process. The data available are incomplete but are sufficient to establish the main orders of magnitude. The most comprehensive data are those gathered by the United Nations Population Division on the basis of demographic statistics provided by each...
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