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Friday, February 1, 2013

French Bulldog Puppy—Public Intellectuals (Bloom to Piketty)

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One year ago on Round and Square (1 February 2012)—Seinfeld Ethnography: Dunkin' Joe

[a] French Musings PD
I don't know who you are, 
but I will find you...[1]
[b] Capital RF

...and tell you that I am reading Thomas Piketty's  
Capital in the Twenty-First Century. I am just as 
intrigued by how an obscure French academic becomes a 
rock star as I am by his analysis.

This reminds me (the fame part, if not the argument) 
of the late Allan Bloom, who managed to sell a million 
copies of his book about twenty-five years ago. 

Rear legs and forelegs up and out for public intellectuals 
(no matter the persuasion). Out of the ivory tower and into
the big, roiling world of ideas with consequences.
           [1] I like Liam's opening, and he gave me a biscuit to use it today.
[c] Clarity and Complexity RF
 [Originally posted on May 1, 2014]
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