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Re:Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working by insane_dreamer on Saturday March 01, 2025 @12:14PM (#43221358)
_Some_ economists disagree. That's partly because inequality doesn't fit into their models. Gary Stevenson explains this quite well[0]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CivlU8hJVwc

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Re:Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working by IdiocyInAction on Saturday March 01, 2025 @08:42PM (#43226203)
> That's partly because inequality doesn't fit into their models.

Well Piketty being wrong doesn't fit in many people's models either. Economists routinely do talk about inequality and I think it's intellectually dishonest to paint the whole field as wrong just because some parts of it don't agree with your pet theory.

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