tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post4083356591956954459..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: "On Tour With Rock-Star Economist Thomas Piketty"Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-83806317725991187302014-04-22T20:53:42.478-04:002014-04-22T20:53:42.478-04:00To people who follow business and economics this i...To people who follow business and economics this is another guy talking about income inequality. To liberals it's someone who isn't Paul Krugman so just based on that they're ecstatic. Now there are TWO economists!lesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11356756199990550841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-4712278198183493792014-04-22T17:14:17.378-04:002014-04-22T17:14:17.378-04:00Hey, stupid is as stupid does. Amazing how so many...Hey, stupid is as stupid does. Amazing how so many simpletons will so zealously argue for their own enslavement isn't it? LOL.Mikehttp://www.antiwar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-71269616684038590182014-04-22T16:26:02.706-04:002014-04-22T16:26:02.706-04:00Have you read the reviews and comments at the Amaz...Have you read the reviews and comments at the Amazon site? It is patently evident in what many of them say that the Piketty fan club are fans not because Piketty has interesting new insights into economic phenomena but that he validates their own prescriptions predilection for economic meddling by the political process. Just looking at the comments on the thing, Piketty's book is analogous toMontecristohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17915071769569425339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52203681266482675702014-04-22T12:38:24.864-04:002014-04-22T12:38:24.864-04:00This Piketty is such a worthless idiot. Mindless l...This Piketty is such a worthless idiot. Mindless like all statists.Mikehttp://www.antiwar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-67282362400286566132014-04-22T09:23:18.961-04:002014-04-22T09:23:18.961-04:00Piketty is a moron who doesn't understand the ...Piketty is a moron who doesn't understand the Federal Reserve and the Cantillon Effect.<br /><br />This guy is a rockstar "intellectual"? May all intellectuals die in a fire! Worthless crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-59526467432162425952014-04-22T08:40:56.648-04:002014-04-22T08:40:56.648-04:00"No serious economist could afford to ignore ..."No serious economist could afford to ignore its mountains of fresh data and analysis, but for the rest of us, it’s a heavier lift." A perfect example of scientism at work, bamboozling marginally educated and easily duped ignoramuses into the belief they're beholding something revelatory and profound. Kudos to Piketty's publicist.<br /><br />Boris and his readers would be Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-14840375632645883382014-04-21T21:16:33.880-04:002014-04-21T21:16:33.880-04:00A Bankrupt World
Another major risk is, of course...A Bankrupt World<br /><br />Another major risk is, of course, the economic situation. Never have as many major countries been bankrupt. The list of these countries is getting longer all the time. This includes the United States, most of the European Union countries, eastern Europe, Japan, and many emerging markets. Also, China is at risk with total private credit up 100 percent in the last Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com