Good Morning Charles,
Indeed, you're right Charles. I've read a couple of good reviews of that book. I shall read it.

Sounds interesting. But why are we still putting together trade pacts that have brought us so low?

I love the fact that this $40 book is hard to find, even on Amazon. I haven't read it yet, but I wonder if it might have the same bookshelf fate as, say, "Infinite Jest". Everyone has it, but few have read it. I hope not, because it sounds like an important book.

I've been curious to see what the conservative talking points will turn out to be, besides the foregone "he's French".

jobs offshoring has been a good thing if you're into Chinamans, as I am. the choice of "US", "France" etc is good for measuring national economies, and national economies are still the best single thing to measure, I think, but they don't tell a complete story. most all parts of the world not called sub-Saharan Africa, and some parts of s-S Africa, as well, are getting wealthier because they make stuff for us and for each other and for themselves. China has been growing faster than his alleged near-constant R for decades, now! in today's world the second biggest economy is growing > 6% per year!

Piketty says that he advocates redistributive policies in part because he's afraid that populations will revolt against globalization