Thomas Piketty argues that we should impose a very high tax rate of about 80 percent on the top income earners in society 80 percent. The scary thing is, in mi

Thomas Piketty argues that we should impose a very high tax rate of about 80 percent on the top income earners in society 80 percent. The scary thing is, in middle school I would probably have agreed with him. Hell, pure communism sounded ok back then. I think it takes a fairly naive view of human nature and society to think that policies like this can lead to economic growth.