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apodictic

Piketty’s apodictic statements, for example that the long-term consequences of the wealth distribution dynamic is ‘frightening’

—p.44 Hype and Critique (39) by Ingo Stutzle, Stephen Kaufmann
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Piketty's enormously constructive critique archive/so478

While Piketty attacks the dominant economic form, capitalism, he never argues in an anti-capitalist way. First of all, his ‘laws of distribution’ according to his work are valid in every economic formation, not just in capitalism (which he also leaves conceptually vague). For Piketty, growing inequ…

—p.41 Hype and Critique (39) by Ingo Stutzle, Stephen Kaufmann
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immanence

Piketty's thesis--that the tendency towards growing inequality is not a dumb coincidence but rather a law immanent to the economy or at least a strong tendency--is provocative

—p.40 Hype and Critique (39) by Ingo Stutzle, Stephen Kaufmann
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