16. The Question of the Public Debt

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Note on the Text ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Part One: Income and Capital
7. 1. Income and Output 49
8. 2. Growth: Illusions and Realities 92
9. Part Two: The Dynamics of the Capital/Income Ratio
10. 3. The Metamorphoses of Capital 141
11. 4. From Old Europe to the New World 174
12. 5. The Capital / Income Ratio over the Long Run 204
13. 6. The Capital-Labor Split in the Twenty-First Century 249
14. Part Three: The Structure of Inequality
15. 7. Inequality and Concentration: Preliminary Bearings 297
16. 8. Two Worlds 339
17. 9. Inequality of Labor Income 382
18. 10. Inequality of Capital Ownership 424
19. 11. Merit and Inheritance in the Long Run 476
20. 12. Global Inequality of Wealth in the Twenty-First Century 544
21. Part Four: Regulating Capital in the Twenty-First Century
22. 13. A Social State for the Twenty-First Century 597
23. 14. Rethinking the Progressive Income Tax 630
24. 15. A Global Tax on Capital 663
25. 16. The Question of the Public Debt 700
26. Conclusion 746
27. Contents in Detail 755
28. Tables and Illustrations 765
29. Index 771