It’s always rather odd writing for a US newspaper. That short piece went back and forth 5 times I think for edits and approvals. And the point I really wanted to make (we don’t actually know whether wealth inequality is growing or not, as we don’t measure the things we do to reduce wealth inequality) wasn’t one they were interested in….
I note that Joe Stiglitz thinks differently but then that’s hardly a surprise.
Can you really write dully enough to appeal to the NYT?
I see the first commenter has gone with “But Piketty!”
Please update your photo on Twitter – it’s rather dull & grey, and doesn’t go at all with the message.
Sleeping with the enemy never works.
“As Thomas Picketty has shown us”: cross yourself three times and bow low.
Crossing over to the dark side.
Make sure when writing as a Brit for a US publication to pepper the story with lots of pavements, safe harbours, suspenders, aeroplanes and, er, fannies, etc just to compound the peoples divided by a common language.