grad student sez inequality trend will slow down, tells Brookings

[Becky Lindroos]

Thanks -  I did read the Pikkety book and found it fascinating although it seemed to have a bit of the “doom-sayer” approach mitigated with the idea that unless his extreme (and probably impossible)  ideas are introduced globally …   he pushed for a global tax on capital.  

Good to see someone calling Pikkety on the end game.  (For the foreseeable future however, I still think he’s right on the money and I really did appreciate the data-driven approach.  

I worked in city planning for years - I know there are mitigating factors to pure extrapolation of trends - even long term trends.   Because a city is growing in population (even in one sector) does not mean there is nothing which can inhibit that growth - you can’t just project the trend until doomsday. 

Becky 

> On Dec 1, 2015, at 7:26 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
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> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/03/19/meet-the-26-year-old-whos-taking-on-thomas-pikettys-ominous-warnings-about-inequality/
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