<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:00:55 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/piketty/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[What went wrong in 1971?]]></title><description><![CDATA[After I was born in 1971, the world went to shit. Wages stopped growing along with productivity, governments wasted trillions of dollars, saving became pointless and inequality spiraled out of hand. I'm]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@edb/what-went-wrong-in-1971</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@edb/what-went-wrong-in-1971</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[edb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:36:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g7293LJ3Vg8LGMxSXJbQHxtovyJAqw2j9RsivpZ42YcyswkCk2u5yTBLJMQTkSAjh1aay3yA8o4scUUQjcGi2ZGemKwNi2xg4hbuPjqmQr6j4V3bWroaJzPMtTwE2zX8aSi321jpbUAsXwfh2oPC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should you care about inequality?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this post, I ask why anyone who cares about the economy should also care about economic inequality in advanced countries. I review standard arguments and evidence on the associations and causal pathways]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/inequality/@teknosokrates/why-should-you-care-about-inequality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/inequality/@teknosokrates/why-should-you-care-about-inequality</guid><category><![CDATA[inequality]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teknosokrates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2017 23:14:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘No Empirical Evidence’ for Thomas Piketty’s Inequality Theory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Higher taxes only lead to more money for corrupt politicians (sorry for the pleonasm), less business investment, less technological development, thus higher prices and less welfare for poor people.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/piketty/@roy2016/no-empirical-evidence-for-thomas-piketty-s-inequality-theory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/piketty/@roy2016/no-empirical-evidence-for-thomas-piketty-s-inequality-theory</guid><category><![CDATA[piketty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[roy2016]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2016 22:29:21 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>