After reading the book's introduction, Solow's review, and Fox's summary, one should be well-equipped to bluffing one's way through any intelligent discussions on Thomas Piketty's hugely popular# Capital in the Twenty-First Century (almost 700 pages thick!)
# The physical book is currently sold out in Amazon. See Marc Tracy: Piketty's 'Capital': A Hit That Was, Wasn't, Then Was Again * The book's introductory chapter is actually longer, including more technical/personal sections such as The Sources Used in This Book; The Major Results of This Study; Forces of Convegence, Forces of Divergence; and The Theoretical and Conceptual Framework