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  • Capital in the Twenty-First Century is a powerful critique of the modern capitalist system In Capital in the Twenty-First Century, the French economist Thomas Piketty argues that that capitalism constantly increases inequality by concentrating capital in the hands of a very affluent minority, and calls for a paradigm shift in the way we approach production and wealth. This clear and...
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  • The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money is a highly significant work that marked a turning point in the development of modern economic theory In The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, the British economist John Maynard Keynes argues that the belief that markets naturally tend towards full employment is a fallacy, and that state interventionism is therefore necessary to...
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  • Learn about the ideas of Joseph Stiglitz in just 50 minutes with this practical and concise book. Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize-winning economist and one of the best-known figures of New Keynesian economics. His work spans multiple domains of economics, including in particular political economics, development economics and econometrics. He is also a pioneer of information economics and an outspoken...
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  • Understand the essentials of the theory of comparative advantage (also known as the law of comparative advantage or the law of relative advantage) in just 50 minutes with this practical and concise book. This theory, which was developed by the renowned economist David Ricardo, illustrates that specialization and trade benefit both parties in the exchange and generate wealth. It maintains that comparative...
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