028: Review of Thomas Piketty’s CAPITAL IN THE 21ST CENTURY, Part 2: Futurist Perspective and Criticism
In this second part of our review of Capital in the 21st Century, we look at Thomas Picketty's ideas from the point of view of speculation and futurism, and consider some of the criticisms of the book. Last week in Part 1, we covered the book's basic ideas about how to measure and talk about inequality, so if missed that check it out first. In this follow-up we cover Picketty's demographic projections and whether they hold up in a world of AGI or emulated brains, as well as whether Baby Boomers will live forever and perpetually own the world. We also cover criticisms such as Larry Summers's and wonder whether his argument isn't more Marxist than he indicates.