"Capital in the Twenty-First Century" by Thomas Piketty

Has anybody read this one? I was thinking about buying a copy, wanted to see if anyone here already had some thoughts to share on it.

http://io9.com/why-everyone-is-talking-about-an-academic-treatise-on-e-1582336090

 

It's well researched and well argued. His "solutions" are ridiculous though (even eh admits it).

 

I"m about half-way through the book - pretty dull stuff to be honest, and all it really says is that inequality is widening - but who doesn't know that anyway..........

 

Oh, yes. I did. In fact, Carl Marx was a scientist of economics. His predictions are basically true to this day, booms and busts are inevitable. This is why we need government for some regulation to control corporate greed.