Mr. Purple Cat Esq. - 2014-04-25
This is excellent.
Economics is often such a shoddy field where the influence of corporations and politicians on what is being taught in universities is great. This causes a terrible feedback loop where the policy makers of tomorrow are being taught, not anything incisive or objective, but rather whatever claptrap it is in the interests of todays elite for them to learn.
Very refeshing to see a group of recognized economists making sense.
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Mr. Purple Cat Esq. - 2014-04-25 Yeah, from his talk it sounded like Piketty doesn't know much about the state of the environment / food production etc. His offhand comments about future population growth (like the US reaching 900 million) were a bit absurd.
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Mr. Purple Cat Esq. - 2014-04-26 @astar, yes I believe you could extend that statement to almost all knowledge: science, the environment, psychology etc etc.
Unfortunately it seems that politicians and the electorate are for the most part just woefully ignorant.
Essentially your average misinformed, hopelessly ignorant, tabloid reading voter is not going to vote for some "know it all" more enlightened person.
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Mr. Purple Cat Esq. - 2014-04-26 Also one thing thats never mentioned is the inequality between affluent countries and poor ones. I would imagine that this inequality is even more extreme and also a larger problem. For example the lower classes in affluent countries are usually not *starving*
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