On his blog, Paul Krugman gives a preview of his forthcoming review of Piketty. Since I tackled this book as a naif, knowing very little indeed about macroeconomics, I am pleased to see my spontaneous reaction echoed by someone who really does know what he is talking about.
Later today, I shall try to catch up with your comments on my multi-part review, and expand my discussion of the larger lessons of Piketty's book.
At the moment, Krugman's full review is ungated at the NYRB website,
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/may/08/thomas-piketty-new-gilded-age/
Worth looking at before the NYRB switches the article over to subscribers only.