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It's literally the basis for Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century'. It's a dense book, but widely acclaimed. It was also published 8 years ago
by nemothekid 5y ago
It's literally the basis for Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century'. It's a dense book, but widely acclaimed. It was also published 8 years ago and the claims aren't controversial.
- mediascreen 5y agoTo say it's not controversial seems misleading. It may be widely acclaimed, but also hugely criticised. Wikipedia has a short collection of the criticism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_in_the_Twenty-First_Century#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_in_the_Twenty-First_Ce...
- sudosysgen 5y agoThere are very few critiques of the empirical assertion that the capital share of the economy is not increasing, though. Most are on other parts of his thesis or argument.
- diordiderot 5y agoThere are critiques of anthropogenic climate change and the addictive nature of nicotine