> How does this refute OP's point? They're really just pointing out how absurd it is that a study on wealth inequality and class fails to even consider the Marx

> How does this refute OP's point? They're really just pointing out how absurd it is that a study on wealth inequality and class fails to even consider the Marxist perspective. Genuine scholarly negligence. I don't know how to break this to you...but you not everyone accepts the Marxian viewpoint. It's utterly bizarre to speak of "genuine scholarly negligence" when you mean "difference of opinion". > OP isn't arguing that Piketty has no theory -- just that it's a pretty naive one. A Marxist perspective understands that "changing the laws to fix it" is not enough. Right, and Piketty says it is. You (and the original poster) have a serious problem distinguishing between disagreement and being wrong.