Stephen chaplain, who was a guest on econtaka while back. He argues that the gains are very similar in the top one % across sectors. The corporate sector does get higher pay, but so do other the non corporate sector,. Lawyers, athletes and others. In the top one% have similar increases that it's hard to believe that it'sco government, he says.
Thomas Piketty of the Paris School of Economics and author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century talks to Econtalk host Russ Roberts about the book. The conversation covers some of the key empirical findings of the book along with a discussion of their significance.