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Daron Acemoglu on Inequality, Institutions, and Piketty

Nov 3, 2014
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
How Do You Define Wage Inequality?
03:19 • 4min
3
Mark Piket's Theory of Capital in the 20th Century
07:11 • 3min
4
Mark's Predictions Did Not Turn Out So Well, Why Not?
10:22 • 2min
5
The Social and the Political Context of the Industrial Revolution
12:18 • 4min
6
Is Capital a Crucial Ingredient in the Standard of Living of the Masses?
16:26 • 6min
7
Are We Having a Minimum Wage and They Don't?
22:10 • 1min
8
The Competitive Labor Markets
23:39 • 5min
9
Do You Know What the Minimum Wage Is?
28:36 • 3min
10
The Unfair Labor Market in the United Arab Emerats
31:09 • 2min
11
What's Wrong With Capitalism?
33:33 • 4min
12
I'm Just a Poor Wage Earner. I'll Just Grow at a Rate G
37:57 • 4min
13
Capital Income Is Very Unequally Held
41:50 • 2min
14
Capital Is Back, but It's Not a Capital Phenomenon
43:54 • 2min
15
The Rise in Labor Inequality Is Grossly Overstated Because of Demographic Changes
46:10 • 5min
16
The Top One %
51:05 • 2min
17
Top One % - What's the Top Ten Percent?
52:41 • 3min
18
Are You Worried About Inequality?
55:19 • 6min
19
The Third Elements of Political Inequality
01:01:08 • 2min
20
Is There a Way to Limit the Power of Government?
01:02:56 • 2min
21
Is Ini Trust Legislation Really Important?
01:04:51 • 4min