Wait, this was written by Piketty. That doesn't mean it's not misrepresenting his data, researchers do that all the time in popular forums, but I'd be really in

Wait, this was written by Piketty. That doesn't mean it's not misrepresenting his data, researchers do that all the time in popular forums, but I'd be really interested to hear what specific difference you're pointing to. (I did notice that his theory 2, tax avoidance, wasn't actually examined, and that he argues for a lack of GDP harm but doesn't actually show here that lowered top income produces lower equality.)