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by econghiy 4404 days ago
Piketty used data that was "unreliable"

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachm...

The ONS was used as a result. Piketty relied on similar self-reported surveys for his US data.

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Perhaps you would care to point to the part of the PDF that indicates the data are unreliable, and to comment on the plausibility argument, i.e. that the FT's analysis indicates that "Britain is currently one the most egalitarian countries in history in terms of wealth distribution" and in particular that it is far more equal than Sweden is or has ever been?