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I've been meaning to get a copy of this for a while. When it first came out there were a lot of people shouting he (Piketty) was wrong and there were problems w
by k-mcgrady 12y ago
I've been meaning to get a copy of this for a while. When it first came out there were a lot of people shouting he (Piketty) was wrong and there were problems with the data and other people shouting that those first people were idiots. The debate continued even after Piketty released more data in his defence. That shouting put me off a bit. It was nice to read a balanced review from someone I respect and I'm definitely going to read it soon.
- mjn 12y agoThey're a drier read than the book, but if you're interested specifically in the data and its analysis, there's a series of journal articles written by Piketty and another economist, Gabriel Zucman, which have more detail than the book does, "Wealth and Inheritance in the Long Run" and "Capital is Back: Wealth–Income Ratios in Rich Countries, 1700-2010". There are preprint PDFs here, along with some other papers on a similar subject by Zucman & other collaborators: http://gabriel-zucman.eu http://gabriel-zucman.eu
- k-mcgrady 12y agoWow thanks! Is there a lot of overlap? Might it be worth reading the book as an introduction and then reading the journal articles?