{"id":1986,"date":"2014-05-25T18:19:41","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T18:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/blog\/?p=1986"},"modified":"2014-05-25T18:19:41","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T18:19:41","slug":"why-economist-thomas-piketty-has-scared-the-pants-off-the-american-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/tranzitioning\/?p=1986","title":{"rendered":"Why Economist Thomas Piketty Has Scared the Pants Off the American Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/economy\/why-economist-thomas-piketty-has-scared-pants-american-right','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly\\&quot; style=\\&quot;\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/files\/story_images\/piketty_0.jpg\\&quot; class=\\&quot;thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;a class=\\'embedly-title\\' target=\\'_blank\\' href=\\'http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/economy\/why-economist-thomas-piketty-has-scared-pants-american-right\\'&gt;Why Economist Thomas Piketty Has Scared the Pants Off the American Right&lt;\/a&gt;Thomas Piketty is no radical. His 700-page book Capital in the 21st Century is certainly not some kind of screed filled with calls for class warfare. In fact, the wonky and mild-mannered French economist opens his tome with a description of his typical Gen X abhorrence of what he calls the \\&quot;lazy rhetoric of anticapitalism.\\&quot;&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly-clear\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;span class=\\&quot;embedly-powered\\&quot; style=\\&quot;float:right;display:block\\&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot; href=\\&quot;http:\/\/embed.ly\/code?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternet.org%2Feconomy%2Fwhy-economist-thomas-piketty-has-scared-pants-american-right\\&quot; title=\\&quot;Powered by Embedly\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;http:\/\/static.embed.ly\/images\/logos\/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;Embedly Powered\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;media-attribution\\&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;via &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;a href=\\&quot;http:\/\/www.alternet.org\\&quot; class=\\&quot;media-attribution-link\\&quot; target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot;&gt;Alternet&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly-clear\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;'}\">\n<div class=\"embedly\" style=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/files\/story_images\/piketty_0.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" \/><a class='embedly-title' target='_blank' href='http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/economy\/why-economist-thomas-piketty-has-scared-pants-american-right'>Why Economist Thomas Piketty Has Scared the Pants Off the American Right<\/a>Thomas Piketty is no radical. His 700-page book Capital in the 21st Century is certainly not some kind of screed filled with calls for class warfare. In fact, the wonky and mild-mannered French economist opens his tome with a description of his typical Gen X abhorrence of what he calls the &#8220;lazy rhetoric of anticapitalism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedly-clear\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/embed.ly\/code?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternet.org%2Feconomy%2Fwhy-economist-thomas-piketty-has-scared-pants-american-right\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.embed.ly\/images\/logos\/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-attribution\"><span>via <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Alternet<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embedly-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Economist Thomas Piketty Has Scared the Pants Off the American RightThomas Piketty is no radical. His 700-page book Capital in the 21st Century is certainly not some kind of screed filled with calls for class warfare. 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