Why Are Economists Giving Piketty the Cold Shoulder? (2017)

Re:Why Are Economists Giving Piketty the Cold Shoulder? (2017) by microcolonel on Sunday March 31, 2019 @10:53AM (#19535882)

Because he's wrong, and people who stake their livelihood on these things (not academic economists) know it and act accordingly.

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Re:Why Are Economists Giving Piketty the Cold Shoulder? (2017) by burlesona on Sunday March 31, 2019 @11:14AM (#19535991)

Genuinely asking: why is he wrong?

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Re:Why Are Economists Giving Piketty the Cold Shoulder? (2017) by xenophonf on Sunday March 31, 2019 @12:32PM (#19536450)

There are problems with the data and methods Piketty used. The Wikipedia entry for the book has a summary including multiple references:

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