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b_b  ·  3617 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Thomas Piketty Responds to Criticism of His Data

Does not look particularly plausible, indeed. I think, in the interest of professionalism, that Piketty was being kind of polite and coy with that statement. Is it not self-evident that wealth inequality has been increasing in the last several decades? We can argue about the level, but any analysis that says otherwise is probably not to be trusted. Still, I look forward to the News Corp empire parroting the FT for years to come.