Tag Archives : Piketty
Debunking Deceptive Class-Warfare Data
The media’s favorite economists made a ton of mistakes.
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The Left’s Inequality Fixation: Factually Wrong (but Personally Profitable)
Why inequality doesn’t matter.
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Three Key Wild Cards for Public Policy in 2015
Key questions for the new year.
read more...The Punitive Economic Cost of Class-Warfare Taxation
I’ve already shared a bunch of data and evidence on the importance of low tax rates. A review of the academic evidence by the Tax Foundation found overwhelming support for the notion that lower tax rates are good for growth. An economist from Cornell found lower tax rates boost GDP. Other economists found lower tax rates boost job creation, savings, […]
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Piketty’s Class-Warfare Tome: Bad Numbers, Bad Analysis
Why do statists make so many mistakes with data? Paul Krugman, for instance, has butchered numbers when writing about fiscal policy in nations such as France, Estonia, Germany, and the United Kingdom. But Krugman isn’t alone. We also have Thomas Piketty, who was lionized by the left after publication of Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Ever since his book was published, various […]
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