Denying, downplaying, debating: defensive discourses of inequality in the debate on Piketty.

A clear sign of the heightened interest in economic inequality was the surprise popularity of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the twenty-first century. The book reached the top of the bestseller lists and was described as a 'media sensation' and Piketty himself as a 'rockstar economist'. Piketty's key t...

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Published in:	Critical Discourse Studies Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 264 - 282
Main Authors:	Grisold, Andrea, Silke, Henry
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2019
Subjects:	Income inequality Economic development Discourse analysis Debate Capitalism
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost