tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post6861806816456561210..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: Piketty: new poster boy for the LeftKarl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-4491809563402938302014-06-30T10:06:13.106+12:002014-06-30T10:06:13.106+12:00I've only read the first fifty-or-so pages of ...I've only read the first fifty-or-so pages of Pikkety which is less than a tenth of the book, but one observation I've made is that a lot of the text is a super-condensed summary of several centuries of economic thought, overlaid with Pikkety's critique of same. So when you read a review summarising Pikkety you're reading a summary of a summary, which means that your readers are reading a summary of a summary of a summary. <br /><br />I'd also add that almost every concern you have about Pikkety's ideas are directly addressed by him in the introduction to his book which is, like forty pages of non-technical prose, which shouldn't be too much of a strain. Danylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13311640522845983736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-65923929702177337832014-06-27T21:15:08.984+12:002014-06-27T21:15:08.984+12:00I'm with you Max! Life in the 1950's wasn&...I'm with you Max! Life in the 1950's wasn't much chop for most- a very grey and uniform life in general. It seems to me that people like Art Phong and Chris Trotter have a very idealised view of the 1950's and 1960's and would like to return to some golden age that never existed.Many essentials are today cheaper than they have ever beenJigsawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13906156865367357834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-13520619957677827802014-06-25T15:20:18.025+12:002014-06-25T15:20:18.025+12:00Art quotes an article by Jane Kelsey to support hi...Art quotes an article by Jane Kelsey to support his view? As someone about Arts' age, I can testify from experience that New Zealanders are better off now than they have ever been. Beneficiaries to day have more income than my parents did when I were a lad in the fifties. And the opportunities available to my children and their children are wonderful. What's not to like?Max Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09700377308425417842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-63823167128734105422014-06-22T09:29:16.918+12:002014-06-22T09:29:16.918+12:00While Karl is an effusive writer, I'm not sure...While Karl is an effusive writer, I'm not sure he is much of a reader, Brendan. Nor historian, nor political analyst. <br /> <br />Here is another poster-boy of us Lefties. <br /><br />http://www.marxist.com/new-zealand-perspectives-2014.htm <br /><br />Myself? I am at retirement age, first voted for Muldoon's government, then Labour until Rogernomics, then Green until their support for Labour and loss of their bottom-line, and am now looking favourably at the Internet-MANA party.<br /><br />Steady-as-she-goes neo-liberalism, has been a disaster. Plain and simple. <br /> <br />Take a look at the current TiSA headed our way. <br />https://wikileaks.org/tisa-financial/analysis.htmlArt Phonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07962858782470173785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-35172642649212900592014-06-19T22:07:09.438+12:002014-06-19T22:07:09.438+12:00Hi Karl
I'm in posession of the antidote.
Th...Hi Karl<br /><br />I'm in posession of the antidote.<br /><br />The Spirit of Democratic Capitalisim, written thirty years ago by Michael Novak.<br /><br />I purchased two copies just recently, both are now out being read by friends and family. I highly recommend it.<br /><br />Available here:<br /><br />http://www.bookdepository.com/Spirit-Democratic-Capitalism-Michael-Novak/9780819178237Brendan McNeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741263914308842497noreply@blogger.com