Alexandre Afonso

Leiden University

Tag: Piketty

  • What the Piketty-Financial Times Affair says about journalism and academia

    Thomas Piketty has issued a response to the FT’s criticism claiming that bad computations and flawed estimates undermined the overall thesis of his book, namely that wealth concentration had increased. I have read the 10-page letter by Piketty and found it extremely convincing. Basically, he doesn’t give an inch, explaining each and every point that Read.