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Thomas Piketty
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Thomas Piketty's personal blog at piketty.blog.lemonde.fr covers economics and politics. Since 2015, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “Picketty on Productivity: France versus Germany”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-20, and you can follow it by feed.
Most-linked posts?
- Picketty on Productivity: France versus Germany3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2017-01-11
- Thomas Piketty: Clamping down with law and order will not be enough2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-11-30
- Piketty: 2018, the year of Europe2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-01-26
What Hacker News says?
Someone may say we(central and eastern Europeans) let your (western European I guess) companies in;) http://piketty.blog.lemonde.fr/2018/01/16/2018-the-year-of-e...
Comment linking /2018/01/16/2018-the-year-of-europe/
on “George Soros: Facebook and Google are a menace to society”Submitted Thomas Piketty: Clamping down with law and order will not be enough as a story · 80 points
HN discussionIt is almost certain that the British economy will not collapse. That said, it is also virtually certain that there will be at least a loss of economic growth, possibly a recession. The worst prediction I've seen by reputable economists (though that was before it became clear that May was going to push for a hard Brexit) was a loss of 9% of GDP growth by 2030. The bigger problem is that Britain is already facing sig…
Comment linking /2017/01/09/of-productivity-in-france-and-in-germany/
on “UK triggers the official Brexit process in a letter to EU”Submitted Piketty: 2018, the year of Europe as a story · 3 points
HN discussionIt was only a temporary measure, if you ask me. More like a vacuum was created, and a new set of wealthy people took the positions. http://piketty.blog.lemonde.fr/2017/04/18/inequality-in-fran... So I'd say no, it's not really a counter. There is something else, something intrinsic in our society, that causes the existence of the wealthy. Or "inequality" as others like to call it.
Comment linking /2017/04/18/inequality-in-france/
on “People Don’t Actually Want Equality, They Want Fairness”Submitted Re-thinking the capital code as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI'm talking about countries like the France and Germany, etc. The U.S. continues to outperform those countries but I'm not sure you can chalk it up to the effectiveness of our government. I'd chalk it up to the U.S. having a head start from WWII and the major European powers being late to adopt market economies. Since then, they've caught up. For example, the U.S. had 50% higher labor productivity per hour of work t…
Comment linking /2017/01/09/of-productivity-in-france-and-in-germany
on “Antarctica Is Melting, and Giant Ice Cracks Are Just the Start”Submitted Picketty on Productivity: France versus Germany as a story · 2 points
HN discussionHere's an English translation: http://piketty.blog.lemonde.fr/2015/11/24/clamping-down-with...
Comment linking /2015/11/24/clamping-down-with-law-and-order-will-not-be-enough/
on “Thomas Piketty: Clamping down with law and order will not be enough”Submitted Of productivity in France and in Germany as a story · 1 points
HN discussionHere's Le Monde's English translation: http://piketty.blog.lemonde.fr/2015/11/24/clamping-down-with...
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on “Thomas Piketty: Clamping down with law and order will not be enough”1968 was a crucial turning point in the economic history of France. After 1968 France enjoyed almost 20 years when the working class saw large gains in wages. Income inequality shrunk dramatically. See here: http://piketty.blog.lemonde.fr/2018/05/08/may-1968-and-inequ... an excerpt: In France the years 1945-1967 are marked by high rates of growth, but also by a movement of reconstitution of inequalities, with, at on…
Comment linking /2018/05/08/may-1968-and-inequality/
on “50th Anniversary of May 1968, Paris: Memories of an Illusory Revolution”1968 was a crucial turning point in the economic history of France. After 1968 France enjoyed almost 20 years when the working class saw large gains in wages. Income inequality shrunk dramatically. See here: http://piketty.blog.lemonde.fr/2018/05/08/may-1968-and-inequ...
Comment linking /2018/05/08/may-1968-and-inequality/
on “50th Anniversary of May 1968, Paris: Memories of an Illusory Revolution”
