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Re:Economic Termites Are Everywhere: stats hide the experien... by elliotto on Sunday June 09, 2024 @06:53PM (#40628293)
This is wild to disagree with Pikettys magnum opus with a reference to a yahoo finance news article
Re:Economic Termites Are Everywhere: stats hide the experien... by bequanna on Sunday June 09, 2024 @07:43PM (#40628557)
The dude is a pure academic and just trying to sell socialism with hand waving.

I look at it differently: His ideas are so weak and removed from reality that they can’t even stand up to a Yahoo Finance article.

We should be careful taking policy advice from people who have never had real jobs.

Re:Economic Termites Are Everywhere: stats hide the experien... by mptest on Sunday June 09, 2024 @08:12PM (#40628712)
So teaching isn't a real job? Authoring books isn't a real job? Someone should probably tell a lot of people the bad news...

>selling socialism with hand waving

Lol, more like selling it with award winning, best selling, taught in colleges books? If you're convinced that's "hand waving" you're beyond lost

Re:Economic Termites Are Everywhere: stats hide the experien... by elliotto on Monday June 10, 2024 @02:11AM (#40630708)
uhh not sure what constitues a real job if not an author, consultant and teacher (on top of being a successful academic). Have you read his book? It's quite good.