tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post9146509526943267502..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: The Justified Demolition of Thomas Piketty Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29606636408027243772016-05-04T10:51:05.649-04:002016-05-04T10:51:05.649-04:00I was an anti-war leftist in 1973 and realized I d...I was an anti-war leftist in 1973 and realized I did not know anything about economics and the "socialism". When I first discovered Rothbard (where my first reaction was pure horror at the idea of various public projects being performed by "firms"), it took me about a week to realize that NO leftist/"progressive"/Democrat could or would keep straight the essential Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-59045745771120520672016-05-03T16:12:36.225-04:002016-05-03T16:12:36.225-04:00Kane's article would make a good TED talk.Kane's article would make a good TED talk. Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16908823468747218192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-25070821793053077482016-05-03T11:46:50.633-04:002016-05-03T11:46:50.633-04:00That was a good article. I don't subscribe to ...That was a good article. I don't subscribe to the author's argument that IP is or encourages positive externalities, but the rest of the article is well written and argued. I also liked the series of photographs he presented as evidence of the great strides humanity has made in a single century, all thanks to capital investment, risk taking and production.OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52667421174133261552016-05-03T10:37:21.268-04:002016-05-03T10:37:21.268-04:00I have found that too many on the left confuse cro...I have found that too many on the left confuse crony capitalism with free market capitalism. Raising taxes on the so-called Rich while doing nothing about the system of crony capitalism is no solution.Guy Noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06114291200200458208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-2821217526472072362016-05-03T07:55:47.131-04:002016-05-03T07:55:47.131-04:00Reading that article makes me want to kick Piketty...Reading that article makes me want to kick Piketty between the legs. Not very libertarian and I'm not violent, but that's what I feel. Piketty is nothing but proof of how powerful an emotion envy is.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807090975131842483noreply@blogger.com