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Capital and the Family

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How are capital and the family interconnected in contemporary capitalism? In this article, we argue that they come together in owning relations. By owning capital across generations, families bridge the temporal gap between the durability of capital and the finite lifespan of private property holders and thus resolve the problem of bona ...
Jens Beckert, Isabell Stamm
wiley   +1 more source

Sobre la acumulación de riqueza y el futuro de los impuestos progresivos globales en “El Capital en el siglo XXI”, de Thomas Piketty, en el contexto de América Latina

open access: yesEnsayos de Política Económica, 2015
En el presente ensayo se hace una revista a los principales aspectos económicos tratados en el libro: El Capital en el siglo XXI de Thomas Piketty, se explora la tesis central de este trabajo y se busca explicitar cuáles son sus principales propuestas ...
Luis A. Herrera
doaj  

Gender, Families, and Wealth Accumulation Among the One‐Child Generation

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prior literature on gender and wealth accumulation largely examines the role of families in reproducing inequalities. However, less attention has been paid to families without sons, a significant demographic, particularly within China's one‐child generation, that challenges conventional understandings of familial wealth dynamics.
Ye Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Piketty's Ideology

open access: yesO Que Nos Faz Pensar, 2021
Review of the book: PIKETTY, Thomas. Capital et Idéologie. Paris: Seuil, 2019, pp. 1324 (edição digital).
openaire   +1 more source

Beyond Distinction: Private Art Museums and Their Versatile Role for Elites' (Self)Legitimization Discourses

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 2000s have witnessed a significant, worldwide boom in new art museums founded by private, wealthy collectors. While the arts have long been a key arena for the remaking of elite distinction and the reproduction of inequalities, this surge in private museums has sparked much controversy.
Sara de Andrade Silva   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Twenty‐First Century Butlers and the New Spirit of Service

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT More than 50 years ago, Lewis Coser argued that the “servant” had become obsolete, claiming that such a “premodern” occupation could not function within modernity without religious legitimations. However, with parts of the contemporary service sector exhibiting the very characteristics that Coser viewed as “premodern”—especially within ...
Bryan Boyle
wiley   +1 more source

Piketty, Thomas (2014): Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press

open access: yesmethaodos.revista de ciencias sociales, 2015
Work of the French economist Thomas Piketty that historically analyzes the distribution of capital on the main world economies.
Antonio Martín-Cabello
doaj   +1 more source

The Evolution of the Earnings Distribution in a Sustained Growth Economy: Evidence from Australia*

open access: yesEconomic Record, EarlyView.
We examine the evolution of earnings inequality, risk and mobility in Australia from 1991 to 2020 using a 10 per cent sample of administrative tax records from the ALife dataset. Our main findings are summarised as follows. First, earnings inequality follows a distinctive trajectory: top‐end inequality increased during the 1990s and 2000s but declined ...
Darapheak Tin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wealth concentration and the ‘patrimonial middle class’ in the contemporary European-American civilization

open access: yesRUDN journal of Sociology, 2022
The study aims at the comparative analysis of the trends in wealth concentration and formation of the ‘patrimonial middle class’ (the term by Piketty) in the countries of the contemporary European-American civilization (EAC). T.
E. Čižo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of addback statutes on CEO compensation

open access: yesAccounting &Finance, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 793-818, March 2025.
Abstract Exploiting the adoption of addback statutes, which occurred at different times, as exogenous shocks to corporate taxable income, we examine the effect of tax policy changes on the compensation of chief executive officers (CEOs). We provide evidence that CEOs of firms headquartered in states affected by addback statutes experienced a decrease ...
Karel Hrazdil   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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