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Re:Thomas Piketty Responds to Criticism of His Data by tankenmate on Thursday May 29, 2014 @04:57PM (#7818551)
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" -- Upton Sinclair
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Re:Thomas Piketty Responds to Criticism of His Data by om2 on Thursday May 29, 2014 @09:16PM (#7819616)
I'm confused about how this comment applies. In this controversy, who is it that is failing to understand something, for salary-dependent reasons?
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Re:Thomas Piketty Responds to Criticism of His Data by ArkyBeagle on Friday May 30, 2014 @04:25AM (#7820783)
Economics is highly ideological.
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Re:Thomas Piketty Responds to Criticism of His Data by Mangalor on Friday May 30, 2014 @12:52PM (#7822781)
The wealthy.
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Re:Thomas Piketty Responds to Criticism of His Data by Zuider on Thursday May 29, 2014 @06:51PM (#7819125)
It is even harder when there is an ideological block. In the first case, you get stonewalled, and ultimately ignored. In the case of ideology, you get shouted down, mobbed, and subject to various preemptive attacks intended to discredit and demoralize you before you even get to make your case.
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