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I thought that Piketty released or references sources for the underlying data supporting his work from "Capital..." so why are you considering it not necessaril
by Dowwie 10y ago
I thought that Piketty released or references sources for the underlying data supporting his work from "Capital..." so why are you considering it not necessarily testable? I don't understand what you mean by that phrase.
- tomrod 10y agoFor example, colonialism, which Picketty and Acemoglu base a lot of their work on, would be hard to reimplement for experimentation. Hence the debate. The data and conclusions are interesting and compelling, but not yet decisive.