Thomas Piketty
The best thing about Harry G. Frankfurt’s On Inequality is the paper it’s printed on
Ten years ago, a philosophy professor at Princeton wrote a book with a provocative, slightly indecent title. It was a…
Unequal struggle
Joseph Stiglitz, the left’s favourite economist,on making the free market work
Ancient Greek wealth taxes
After 685 tightly argued pages, the ‘superstar’ economist Thomas Piketty unfolds his master-plan for closing the gap between the rich…
Why picking holes in Piketty might help stop Miliband’s mansion tax
The postman at the door is stooped by his burden like an allegorical statue of Labour Oppressed by Capital. His…
