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1. skrebb+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-04-17 07:24:50
Yeah so I meant the Piketty book, not Marx. But I googled it and turns out it's actually named "Capital in the Twenty-First Century", which disappoints me even more than "On Bullshit"
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2. pas+U9[view] [source] 2025-04-17 09:29:30
>>skrebb+(OP)
And, for the full picture it's probably important to consider that the main claim of the book is based on very unreliable data/methodology. (Though note that it does not necessarily make the claim false! See [1])

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2017/10/pi...

And then later similar claims about inequality were similarly made using bad methodology (data).

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/12/th...

[1] "Indeed, in some cases, Sutch argues that it has risen more than Piketty claims. Sutch is rather a journeyman of economic history upset not about Piketty’s conclusions but about the methods Piketty used to reach those conclusions."

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3. skrebb+LW1[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-04-17 19:58:45
>>pas+U9
You misunderstand. I never read it. I simply liked the title, at least before I understood "Capital" that wasn't actually the title.
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