How Do You Pronounce Thomas Piketty’s Name ? — Daily Intelligencer
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L’énigne Piketty...
French economist Thomas Piketty’s new book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, has made Piketty a hero among lefty intellectuals, and his U.S. book tour — on which our own Boris Kachka accompanied him — has turned him into a bona fide media celebrity.
The Problem With Profitless #Start-ups — Daily Intelligencer
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If you asked them, I’m sure that firefighters in Memphis and public schoolteachers in El Centro would have no idea that their retirement funds are being used to lower the price of my delivery lunches and rides across town. But that’s exactly what’s happening.