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Book Title: Understanding Piketty's Capital In The Twenty-First Century
Item Length: 9.2in.
Item Height: 0.5in.
Item Width: 6.2in.
Author: Steven Pressman Toy
Publication Name: Understanding Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-FIRST Century
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2015
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 11.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 196 Pages
