MESOP : PIKETTY’S PROBLEM – JOIN DEBATE
MESOP : PIKETTY’S PROBLEM – JOIN DEBATE
The English-language publication of Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” has sparked widespread debate over the causes and consequences of rising inequality. Is Piketty’s analysis mere fodder for professional economists, or will it move policymakers to act? |
Inequality Disaster Prevention
Robert J. Shiller: “Thomas Piketty’s impressive book has brought considerable attention to the problem of rising economic inequality. But it is not strong on solutions.” |
Piketty and the Zeitgeist
Dani Rodrik: “Piketty warns us not to be fooled by the apparent stability and prosperity that was the common experience of the advanced economies during a few decades in the second half of the twentieth century.” |
Where Is the Inequality Problem?
Kenneth Rogoff: “Though Piketty is right that returns to capital have increased in the last few decades, he is too dismissive of the wide-ranging debate among economists concerning the causes.” |
The Right’s Piketty Problem
J. Bradford DeLong: “The extraordinary thing about the conservative criticism of Piketty’s book is how much of it has been devoted to a furious denunciation of its author’s analytical abilities, motivation, and even nationality.” |