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A capital's capital : two hundred years of wealth and inequality in Paris /

A study of the changes in wealth and its distribution in nineteenth and twentieth-century Paris that maps the interplay between wealth, inequality, and welfare Successful economies sustain capital accumulation across generations, and capital accumulation leads to large increases in private wealth.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Postel-Vinay, Gilles (Author), Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2026.
©2026
Series:Princeton economic history of the Western world.
Subjects:
Economic history > 1750-1918.
Economic history > 1918-1945.
Economic history > 1945-1971.
Equality > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Equality > France > Paris > History > 20th century.
Wealth > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Wealth > France > Paris > History > 20th century.
Paris (France) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Paris (France) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Histoire économique > 1750-1918.
Histoire économique > 1918-1945.
Histoire économique > 1945-1971.
Richesse > France > Paris > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Richesse > France > Paris > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Economic history.
Equality > History.
Wealth > History.
France > Paris
France

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