Comment by bpt3
4 days ago
What is your definition of "independent economist"?
Claiming that even a majority or plurality of economists overall agree with Piketty, who advocates for some wildly unpopular economic policies and is a literal socialist, is absurd, so your group of "independent economists" must be pretty homogeneous and small.
Independant economist: one tenured by an independent university as opposed to being employed by a lobby group or think tank to promote a specific agenda.
When even Adam Smith supports the regulation of capital, this can be considered a fairly mainstream position.
Summarizing Piketty's recommendations as "the regulation of capital" is absurd.
I can point to dozens upon dozens of independent economists (by your definition) that disagree with the use of confiscatory income tax rates and wealth taxes, so I don't know what your argument is here.