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Glenn Loury (Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University) and Rajiv Sethi (Barnard College)
- The revered and reviled arguments of Thomas Piketty . 00:54
- The rich save differently from you and me . 16:46
- Piketty’s unusual explanation for Africa’s instability . 26:02
- Does the national debt benefit the rich? . 36:22
- Why Piketty quotes Balzac and Jane Austen . 46:47
- The main message of “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” . 50:54
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Glenn Loury
Rajiv Sethi
Glenn Loury
Rajiv Sethi
Recorded:Jun 21
Posted:Jun 23, 2014
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- Rajiv’s blog
- Thomas Piketty’s new book, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century”
- Rajiv on Piketty
- Wikipedia on the Kuznets curve
- FT critiques Piketty’s data
- Piketty’s rebuttal (PDF)
- Krugman’s defense of Piketty
- Matt Ronglie’s critique (PDF)
- Piketty and Saez’s Science paper
- Glenn’s diavlog with Larry Kotlikoff
- Mian and Sufi’s book, “House of Debt”
- Wikipedia on Ricardian equivalence
- Charles Tilley’s book, “Durable Inequality”
- Michael Walzer’s book, “Spheres Of Justice”
- Michael Sandel’s book, “What Money Can’t Buy”
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