An ideal companion to Piketty. For students and those in need of easier access to Piketty's work, Roine lays out the story in clear terms while providing very useful historical and economic background.

David Stasavage, New York University

An authoritative, coherent and clearly written introduction to Piketty. It is a much needed critical guide to Piketty's work and an invaluable teaching tool.

Ioana Negru, SOAS

Jesper Roine has written a superb summary of the most talked-about economics book of the 21st century. Jesper's sharp analytical mind, deep social interest and his own respected research in the field make him the ideal author of a book like this.

Magnus Henrekson, Research Institute of Industrial Economics

A very readable summary of Piketty's important book, written by a leading expert on inequality data.

Per Krusell, Chair of the Committee for the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Provides invaluable support for students interested in Piketty's landmark work and the debate that it has generated. This book is one that every student reading Capital in the Twenty First Century should use.

Sara Gorgoni, University of Greenwich

This book is for people who were interested in Piketty's analysis of inequality, but found his book too ponderous to finish. That includes me! Roine compresses Piketty's magnum opus down to 160 digestible pages, not by losing detail, but by expressing the essential data and analysis in a concise, accessible way.

Steve Keen, author of Debunking Economics