Thomas Piketty on the Politics of Equality | Conversations with Tyler

[@theondono]

I always struggle a lot to get a clear picture of Piketty’s views. Maybe it’s just cultural, or because he is a lot in the spotlight, but I always get very ambiguous and unclear statements about what he thinks. To be put it in another way, for an economist he speaks way more like a politician than most economists.

[@TheNaturalLawInstitute]

If you learn the long history of french virtue signaling in intellectual disciplines, beginning with the 'originator of bad ideas', Rousseau, culminating in the french jewish postmodernists, you will discover that they are using very elaborate language to mask what is a religious presumption of mankind, that in itself, is a perpetuation of the catholic church.

[@rajpdp1]

His book is pretty good at articulating his views.

[@dfwherbie8814]

Or maybe English is just his second language? Lol

[@theondono]

@@dfwherbie8814 That should not be an issue when an editor is involved. I also didn’t get a clearer picture in french. It’s not about language, he is pretty deliberately vague on a lot of stuff.

[@ds6914]

Not sure "status competition" is a concept/term familiar to many people outside of the MR adjacent blogosphere

[@stephaniepantera]

Agreed no clue what he’s even asking

[@AraMacaraig]

Good eve...both of them are excellent for my own point of opinion..nothing bad.why others stood by their own feet and sees nothing.im an economist I know the good and bad when it comes to speak fluently even though audio or whatsoever..stay high Prof.Piketty...

[@rajpdp1]

Poorly prepared set of questions from Tyler

[@oykencesur155]

Interview with valuable and highly knowledgable individuals on both sides. However, I found the questions to be poorly prepared, lacking depth or understanding of interviewee's work. Is it me or does anybody agree with that?

[@danielmason2982]

This was disappointing from Tyler. I expected better questions, more depth, better preparation. You came across as looking for culture war gotchas rather than prepared for the level of erudition displayed by Piketty. If your goal was to make that man look knowledgeable, capable, and non driven by politics, then kudos. I'll go read your econ textbook again to double check- this interview has me questioning why I had garnered such a high view of your capacities.

[@awesomemrk1]

Say what you really mean why don’t ya lol

[@DavidMorley123]

Pickettys audio was poor, exacerbating his difficult English accent. I often have difficulty with foreign accents. My bad. Thanks anyhow.

[@TheNaturalLawInstitute]

Does Picketty have any idea that (pardon the vernacular) he "just got owned" by Tyler? I'll bookmark this video and write a bulleted list of arguments in favor of Tyler's "Full Accounting" vs Picketty's pretense of differences.

[@dfwherbie8814]

“Nature law institute” tells me all I need to know lol

[@TheNaturalLawInstitute]

​@@dfwherbie8814 Natural Law = The laws of nature = the science of decidability = the science and logic of jurisprudence = rule of law, for which the only alternative is rule by man.

[@orishaswishes]

very poor preparation on the part of the interviewer - did he not know the reputation of Piketty at all? Too bad, brilliant man interviewed by mediocrity

[@TMK1450]

Well... it depends on where you're looking from... they are politically from opposite sides of the fence... whereas I am sitting literally on that fence as a centrist. So I'd say, at least in the US, they both have "the" reputation!

[@dfwherbie8814]

@@TMK1450 centrists have no political balls lol

[@power9k470]

You must be some Fields medallist to call Cowen a mediocrity. Do you know the reputation of the interviewer? He is a walking encyclopaedia. Far better read than the regmonkey you call Piketty.

[@kimjin-hyub3413]

Fuckery ??

[@amdhosni]

Stupid questions by Tyler

[@stevejurgens9836]

Both Piketty and Cowen are pretty delusional in their own ways.

[@tagore10]

In which way?

[@CryOfTheLyrebird]

“Trust me, bro”

[@dfwherbie8814]

@@tagore10 they’re never specific. Because people online evidently know all of the answers lol