<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433511172434_3892" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433511172434_3978">I will make an attempt this Wednesday (before proceeding to Chapter 6) to summarize a few key points in as simple terms as possible, to help myself and others not feel overwhelmed by the data or the technical aspects of the argument. I think what Piketty is addressing is really, at one level, part of our everyday experience of capitalism and especially neoliberalism, writ large.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433511172434_3966" dir="ltr"><span></span> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433511172434_3965" dir="ltr"><span>DG</span></div> <br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Thursday, June 4, 2015 1:18 PM, C. G. Estabrook via Peace <peace@lists.chambana.net> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(16, 16, 255); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;"> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2516609009"><div>Last night’s meeting of the AWARE group reading “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” overreached itself, I’m afraid, in trying to consider both chapters 5 and 6. <div class="yiv2516609009"><div class="yiv2516609009"><br class="yiv2516609009"></div><div class="yiv2516609009">But, as the poet says, our reach should exceed our grasp, or what’s a metaphor?</div><div class="yiv2516609009"><br class="yiv2516609009"></div><div class="yiv2516609009">So next week we’ll try to grasp chapter 6, "The Capital-Labor Split in the Twenty-First Century.” </div><div class="yiv2516609009"><br class="yiv2516609009">Members & friends of AWARE are invited to join the group at 6pm on Wednesday 10 June at 5 Litchfield Lane in Champaign.<br class="yiv2516609009"><br class="yiv2516609009">On-line access to the book: <<a class="yiv2516609009" href="http://resistir.info/livros/piketty_capital_in_the_21_century_2014.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://resistir.info/livros/piketty_capital_in_the_21_century_2014.pdf</a>>.<br class="yiv2516609009"><br class="yiv2516609009">—CGE <br class="yiv2516609009"><br class="yiv2516609009"><br class="yiv2516609009">PS - The article on taxing "investible assets” - wealth - mentioned last night can be found at <<a class="yiv2516609009" href="http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2010/wolff290710.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2010/wolff290710.html</a>>.</div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Peace mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Peace@lists.chambana.net" ymailto="mailto:Peace@lists.chambana.net">Peace@lists.chambana.net</a><br><a href="https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace" target="_blank">https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace</a><br><br><br></div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>