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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2026.
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| Series: | Princeton economic history of the Western world.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Wealth and Inequality in the Long Run
- 1. Dukes and Indigents: Inequality in the Shadow of the Old Régime, 1807-1867
- 2. Belle Époque Capitalism, 1852-1912
- 3. The Laboratory Evolves: Progressive Taxation, 1901-1972
- 4. The Collapse of Wealth, 1912-1947
- 5. Inequality When Wealth Collapses, 1912-1947
- 6. Recovery, 1947-1977
- 7. Capital and the Family: Inherited Wealth, 1822-1972
- 8. Wealth at the Top
- 9. The Myth of the Grasshopper and the Ant
- 10. Inequality in Space: Within Paris and Beyond
- 11. Inequality Beyond Wealth
- Conclusion: Capital and Capitals in the Long Run
- Appendix 1: The Datasets
- Appendix 2: The Data from Estate Tax Filings
- Appendix 3: Progressive Taxation
- Appendix 4: Deportation and Wealth Distribution
- Appendix 5: Reported and Capitalized Inheritance
- Appendix 6: The Top Wealth Holders Each Year
- Notes
- References
- Index.