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b_b  ·  3722 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why is Piketty's book a bestseller?

If you dig that up, post it here. I'd be interested in how it stacks up to others. It's probably a bit hard to find a great set of comparisons. How many other academic books have reached cult status? I can't think of any off the top of my head.





kleinbl00  ·  3721 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The obvious parallel is Limits to Growth.

user-inactivated  ·  3721 days ago  ·  link  ·  

On Bullshit, but it was small an not at all technical.

user-inactivated  ·  3722 days ago  ·  link  ·  

None recently. In Bryson's 1927 he talks about a couple, but I can't think offhand what they were. Pseudosciency stuff but still academic.