alt Hacker NewsMaybe critique his ideas instead of his predictions. Piketty is an economist, not a future-teller.
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jdkoeck • today at 4:37 AM
If he is confident enough to make economic predictions, it’s only fair that we take him to task on these.
Maybe critique his ideas instead of his predictions. Piketty is an economist, not a future-teller.
If he is confident enough to make economic predictions, it’s only fair that we take him to task on these.
What's the significance of his "ideas" with respect to economics if they don't lead to actual predictions?
Why did he decide to make these predictions if his ideas supposedly have no bearing on how predictions are created?
Does economics no longer even have the pretense of being a science, which by its very nature exists to make testable predictions?