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Tag Archives: Piketty
More on that If-We-Just-Gave-Them-Jobs-They’d-Stop-Killing-Us theory
CAMERA BLOG Au Contraire, Prof. Piketty: Income Inequality Does Not Cause Middle East Terrorism by Sean Durns December 9, 2015 Economic disparities are a main source of terrorism and “Western nations have themselves largely to blame for that inequality.” So … Continue reading
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Tagged Capital in the 21st Century, Piketty, Terrorism, Thomas Piketty
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Financial Times finds fault with Piketty data
FINANCIAL TIMES by Chris Giles, London May 23, 2014 Some issues concern sourcing and definitional problems. Some numbers appear simply to be constructed out of thin air. Thomas Piketty’s book, ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’, has been the publishing sensation of … Continue reading
The Piketty Fallacy
REAL CLEAR POLITICS By Richard Epstein May 6, 2014 Right now, our economic prospects look grim. To classical liberals like myself, future growth is unsustainable in an age dominated by progressive politics. There are two reasons for this: an extensive … Continue reading