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So long as rich-get-richer mechanics play out inside of a single generation they are unquestionably OK? What even is this argument?

• danielmarkbruce 2y ago
  he didn't say it's ok. He said piketty is wrong. Anyone who studied even econ 101 and combined it with a teaspoon of common sense knows piketty is an idiot and that book is garbage. He's a politician.
  • smallmancontrov 2y ago
    No, inheritance isn't the only dubious method of accumulation that Piketty described. Try again.
    • danielmarkbruce 2y ago
      Maybe actually take econ 101 so you can get the thrust of the book rather than getting lost in the details. His thesis, in that book, is that r > g and that over many years that difference results in very large accumulations of wealth. No one disputes that there are various means that r is achieved. It doesn't change the thesis, which is wrong. r is not greater than g for any reasonable amount of time for individuals/families because humans have an amazing ability to behave stupidly and reduce r below g.