‘Yes, net mortgage debt has increased in the last few years. But no, reports of a boom are unjustified and wrong'

A perfect book for anyone suffering from a surfeit of Thomas Piketty

"Most people in the West still cling to the view that freedom generates economic growth—but what happens if this is demonstrably no longer the case?"

Piketty's commitment to rational informed debate is laudable, but his remedies for inequality are not