The Banality of a Leftist: Thomas Piketty
By Raymond C. Niles
Listening to professor Thomas Piketty on EconTalk, I was struck by the banal drone of statistics and sly arguments from this author of Capital. In between monotonously glib recitations of data, he quickly inserted his argument that wealth must be taxed to preserve the social order.
However, he failed to answer his interlocutor’s question. Russ Roberts as…
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