A New York Times #1 BestsellerAn Amazon #1 BestsellerA Wall Street Journal #1 BestsellerA USA Today BestsellerA Sunday Times BestsellerA Guardian Best Book of the 21st CenturyWinner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardWinner of the British Academy MedalFinalist, National Book Critics Circle AwardWhat are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack of adequate data and clear guiding theories. In Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty analyzes a unique collection of data from twenty countries, ranging as far back as the eighteenth century, to uncover key economic and social patterns. His findings will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality.Piketty shows that modern economic growth and the diffusion of knowledge have allowed us to avoid inequalities on the apocalyptic scale predicted by Karl Marx. But we have not modified the deep structures of capital and inequality as much as we thought in the optimistic decades following World War II. The main driver of inequality—the tendency of returns on capital to exceed the rate of economic growth—today threatens to generate extreme inequalities that stir discontent and undermine democratic values. But economic trends are not acts of God. Political action has curbed dangerous inequalities in the past, Piketty says, and may do so again.A work of extraordinary ambition, originality, and rigor, Capital in the Twenty-First Century reorients our understanding of economic history and confronts us with sobering lessons for today.
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Around 450 books come from 1 tree, according to various reliable academic sources. This means each book shared and not bought, saves .002 trees from being cut. A book shipped also typically results in the use of 1 plastic bag.
Estimating the number of books that can be made from one tree depends on several factors, including the type of tree, its size, the paper quality and thickness used for the books, and the size of the books themselves. Here's an analysis using some typical values.
Tree Yield for Paper: A mature tree, often a pine or a similar species used for paper production, can yield about 80 cubic feet of wood. This amount can vary based on the type and size of the tree.
Paper Production: On average, a single tree can produce about 1,000 to 2,000 pounds of paper. The exact amount depends on the efficiency of the pulping process and the type of paper being produced.
Paper in Books: The amount of paper used in a book varies widely based on the size of the book, the thickness of the paper, and the number of pages. For a rough estimate, let's consider a typical paperback novel with around 300 pages, with each page weighing approximately 5 grams.
Now, let's calculate how many such books could be made from one tree by:
Converting the paper yield per tree (1,000-2,000 pounds) to grams.
Calculating the total weight of paper used in one book (300 pages × 5 grams per page).
Dividing the total paper yield from the tree by the paper used per book.
Based on these estimates, one tree can produce approximately:
303 books on the lower end of the estimate.
605 books on the higher end of the estimate.
These figures are rough estimates. The actual number of books that can be made from a single tree will vary depending on the specific characteristics of the tree, the type of paper used, and the size and page count of the books.
We are taking 450 as the average number of books produced from 1 tree.