Anti-Piketty: Capital for the 21st Century
If capitalism has been so bad for the poor, how can it be that the standard of living for the poor has vastly increased?
If capitalism has been so bad for the poor, how can it be that the standard of living for the poor has vastly increased?
What should be done to end the Progressives influence over government and the economy and to promote the public good?
This is a short and informative but easy to read answer to both how and why the Scandinavian welfare states seem to work so well.
The capitalist system is a system in which promotion is precisely according to merit. Marx didn't like that.
The fundamental concept of the Communist Manifesto was that of “class” and “class conflict.” But Marx didn’t say what a “class” was.
The Rockefellers and their intellectual and technocratic entourage were, indeed, central to the New Deal.
Piketty’s portrayal of capitalism has not gone unchallenged, and Anti-Piketty collects a number of the most important criticisms of it.