"Piketty is a Genius, but...": An Analysis of Journalistic Delegitimation of Thomas Piketty's Economic Policy Proposals
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Thomas Piketty; Economic Inequality; economic ideology; Policy; Social Semiotics; Critical Discourse Analysis; economic discourse; media discourse; legitimation strategies;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2018-05-07 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-HPE-2018-05-07 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
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