Yet the personal dimension of the race has been a stubborn hurdle for Mr. Romney, aides said, a point of frustration accentuated by relentless questions raised by the Obama campaign about Mr. Romney's tax returns, wealth and overall character traits.
But, he cannot abide the world seeing the likely disclosures in his returns: wealth not close to what he claims, debt, absurd deductions (anything remotely connected to enhancing the Trump name, possibly Melania's wedding gown), his hairdos, offshore tax havens, amnesty, unsavory business partners.
The second dynamic is the return of wealth.Mr Piketty introduces a statistic that features prominently throughout the book: the ratio of private wealth in an economy to GDP.
He claimed that Abramovich then betrayed him in return for wealth and influence.
Two world wars, the Depression and high taxes pushed down the return on wealth in the 20th century, while rapid productivity and population rises pushed up growth.
It wants to turf Asif Zardari from the presidency and compel him to return the wealth that he has allegedly looted and stashed away in Switzerland.
Theory argues that it should become ever harder to earn a good return on wealth the more there is of it.
He is unhappy at the way Mr Piketty has described the importance of the relationship between r (the rate of return on wealth), g (the growth rate of the economy), and the general significance of capital in an economy.
A slice of Danish Follow the feeders Return to wealth Diagnosing depression ReprintsThe second feature of the Danish system is that mortgage-holders can also buy the bonds in the market and use them to redeem their mortgages.
Although the paper began its life as a 459-word online blog post comment, several reputable economists regard it as the most serious and substantive critique that Mr Piketty's work has yet faced.In his book, Mr Piketty argues that over the long run the rate on return of wealth exceeds economic growth: a dynamic summed up in the equation r>g.
