Piketty is brilliant! His ‘Capitalism in the 21st Century’ reviews trends going back 200 years! For one who never studied economics, it’s weighty, but even I, avec détermination, can wade through it. He, along with Paul Klugman, is my go-to economist; when he speaks, I listen.
Piketty is brilliant! His ‘Capitalism in the 21st Century’ reviews trends going back 200 years! For one who never studied economics, it’s weighty, but even I, avec détermination, can wade through it. He, along with Paul Klugman, is my go-to economist; when he speaks, I listen.
I would have a distinct preference for Klugman. Since the Capital book, Picketty, who runs a private research/teaching center here in Paris, has had a slight problem of exponential growth of self esteem!
Ha! Not surprised; no one is immune to the head-swelling effect of acclaim. He’s young, still. He’ll undoubtedly gain wisdom and perspective in time. Economics, so I’ve heard, is an imperfect and subjective science, and economists grow and change their perspective with time, like most of us, non? 😊
Piketty is brilliant! His ‘Capitalism in the 21st Century’ reviews trends going back 200 years! For one who never studied economics, it’s weighty, but even I, avec détermination, can wade through it. He, along with Paul Klugman, is my go-to economist; when he speaks, I listen.
I would have a distinct preference for Klugman. Since the Capital book, Picketty, who runs a private research/teaching center here in Paris, has had a slight problem of exponential growth of self esteem!
Ha! Not surprised; no one is immune to the head-swelling effect of acclaim. He’s young, still. He’ll undoubtedly gain wisdom and perspective in time. Economics, so I’ve heard, is an imperfect and subjective science, and economists grow and change their perspective with time, like most of us, non? 😊
And tend to move towards less utopian horizons...wisdom indeed!