have you read his book? i've not. so those solutions do seem off despite what i thought was a good analysis as to how we got to where we are.
No I've not, so I'll admit I'm not in a position to make strong claims regarding it. And yes overall I think it is a decent (although one-sided) view on how we got here today.
What I disagree with though are the leaps he takes in his conclusions (which I've read a bit) and the conclusions every MSM outlet is promoting based off of the book.
Increasing taxes in the manner he describes simply does nothing to address the super wealthy, which is the issue and source of concentrated wealth/power today, and instead further burdens the middle/upper middle classes (professionals/small businesses). His conclusions serve to
prevent people in the middle class from entering the 1%, and in effect stratify and protect the 0.1%.
Don't get me wrong, I think we've descended back into an oligarchy controlled by an entrenched and power upper class. It's just that Picketty's recommendations I see as not just ineffectual towards addressing this problem, but in fact further supporting it.
