Welcome to European Tribune. It's gone a bit quiet around here these days, but it's still going.
Display:
Further notes on Piketty's Capital | 29 comments (29 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: the masses are getting in on it (4.00 / 3)
I have a friend who works in a bank as a quant who thought the book would be too difficult for him (not because of the maths, but because of economic understanding)
Wow, a quant who's aware of the extent to which the quant finance industry cultivates economic illiteracy in its members.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Apr 23rd, 2014 at 04:11:55 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Others have rated this comment as follows:

budr 4
Bernard 4
JakeS 4

Further notes on Piketty's Capital | 29 comments (29 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
Display:

Top Diaries

Southern Irish disinterest in Northern Ireland affairs

by Frank Schnittger - May 27
2 comments

The end is Nigh?

by Frank Schnittger - May 5
22 comments

Leinster's demise and Munster's hope

by Frank Schnittger - May 23
1 comment

Joe Biden. America's Interventionist Hero

by Oui - May 13
65 comments

The law of conservation of transness

by Carrie - Apr 30
7 comments

Recent Diaries

Southern Irish disinterest in Northern Ireland affairs

by Frank Schnittger - May 27
2 comments

Incident Ukrainian War Display Gets Int'l Attention

by Oui - May 27
12 comments

German Climate Activists Group Outlawed

by Oui - May 24

Leinster's demise and Munster's hope

by Frank Schnittger - May 23
1 comment

Joe Biden. America's Interventionist Hero

by Oui - May 13
65 comments

Targeted Assassinations: a Bankrupt Strategy

by Oui - May 9
10 comments

The end is Nigh?

by Frank Schnittger - May 5
22 comments

Hijacking Peace by Zelensky for War Escalation

by Oui - May 4
49 comments

UA Drone Attack On Moscow

by Oui - May 3
12 comments

Rightwing Operation New EU 'Enlightenment’

by Oui - May 2
9 comments

Energy (and Other) Events Monthly - May 2023

by gmoke - May 1

May 2023

by Oui - Apr 30
257 comments

The law of conservation of transness

by Carrie - Apr 30
7 comments

US Provoked Conflict In Europe

by Oui - Apr 26
44 comments

U.S. Will Be Ousted From Middle-East

by Oui - Apr 8
79 comments

Settler Extremism Blessed by Jerusalem Leaders

by Oui - Mar 19
143 comments

More Diaries...

Occasional Series