Economists Speak Out on the Success of Piketty's "Capital"

Today's Feature Story: Brazil in Focus at Göteborg Book Fair, Authors React Brazil is the country of honor at the Göteborg Book Fair and a trio of Brazilian authors reflect on having had their work promoted overseas these past several years.

Discussion: Can Russia Curb Its Cultural PR Problem with Cash? Russia is looking at investing some $210 million to foster more translation and counter the decline in interest in its literature as a result of poor, post-Soviet PR.

Frankfurt Guest of Honor Preview: Publishing in Finland: Ville Rauvola, Atena From the university town of Jyväskylä in Finland, publisher Ville Rauvola focuses his attention on narrative non-fiction, making Atena stand out among other Finnish publishers.

More News: Economists Speak Out on the Success of Piketty's "Capital" Why has Thomas Pikkety's academically-inclined Capital in the Twenty-First Century become one of the top books of 2014? It was the right book at the right time.

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