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Re:The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U... by mediascreen on Monday October 18, 2021 @02:08PM (#28908870)
To say it's not controversial seems misleading. It may be widely acclaimed, but also hugely criticised. Wikipedia has a short collection of the criticism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_in_the_Twenty-First_Ce...

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Re:The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U... by sudosysgen on Monday October 18, 2021 @02:18PM (#28909129)
There are very few critiques of the empirical assertion that the capital share of the economy is not increasing, though. Most are on other parts of his thesis or argument.
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Re:The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U... by diordiderot on Monday October 18, 2021 @07:43PM (#28913268)
There are critiques of anthropogenic climate change and the addictive nature of nicotine
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