Pure equality requires labor camps and gulags
Whatever else they are, they are not economists. Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Piketty, and the other 350 signatories of an anti-poverty manifesto have given up on any claim to that name. An economist is someone who studies the production and distribution of goods and services, someone who analyzes the voluntary transactions we make in pursuit of happiness.
- ▪Whatever else they are, they are not economists.
- ▪Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Piketty, and the other 350 signatories of an anti-poverty manifesto have given up on any claim to that name.
- ▪An economist is someone who studies the production and distribution of goods and services, someone who analyzes the voluntary transactions we make in pursuit of happiness.
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| Publication time | Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 |
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Whatever else they are, they are not economists. Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Piketty, and the other 350 signatories of an anti-poverty manifesto have given up on any claim to that name. An economist is someone who studies the production and distribution of goods and services, someone who analyzes the voluntary transactions we make in pursuit of happiness. These campaigners are not interested in “growth” (which they made a point of putting in scare-quotes in their launch article last week. They want to halt it, to cap incomes, to grind down living standards in the name of eco-tyranny.
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