Picketty Acknowledges a Limit to Inequality–Will He Acknowledge the Limits to Growth?

In Picketty’s celebrated new work, Capital in the 21^st Century, we are treated to a robust argument about the mechanics of worsening structural inequality…But the limits we face are far greater than limits to just the capital-income ratio. While many of us share Picketty’s anxiety about worsening inequality (for me, every time I see a headline celebrating the rise of house prices), worsening structural inequality at this stage in history is but one symptom of our obsession with growth.