Measured, unmeasured, mismeasured, and unjustified pessimism: a review essay of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the twenty-first century

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey

doi:10.23941/ejpe.v7i2.170

Measured, unmeasured, mismeasured, and unjustified pessimism: a review essay of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the twenty-first century

Authors

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey University of Illinois at Chicago

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23941/ejpe.v7i2.170

Keywords:

Piketty, capitalism, inequality

Author Biography

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey, University of Illinois at Chicago

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey is distinguished professor of economics and of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago and 2014 fellow of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam, Germany.

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Published

2014-12-01

How to Cite

McCloskey, D. N. (2014). Measured, unmeasured, mismeasured, and unjustified pessimism: a review essay of Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the twenty-first century. Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 7(2), 73-115. https://doi.org/10.23941/ejpe.v7i2.170