Spodnje vprašanje Maxa Roserja je res malce pod pasom. Vendar pa zadeva nevralgično točko Pikettyjevega predloga. So se predlagatelji višje obdavčitve višjih dohodkov in premoženja v zahodnih državah pripravljeni odpovedati večjemu delu svojih dohodkov in zmanjšanju lastnega premoženja? In kako bi višja obdavčitev vplivala na njihovo pripravljenost, da dodatno oziroma več delajo?

(Mimogrede, Max Roser je urednik in glavni analitik spletnega portala Our World in Data, ki je v zadnjem desetletju postal eden glavnih ponudnikov – for free – statističnih podatkov. Toda Roser prav zaradi tega razume spodbude za delo in posledičen vpliv na gospodarsko rast)

Thank you for answering questions Mr Piketty.

I also have one.

Like you, I also don’t want to live in a world where some are vastly richer than others and thereby have vast control over others. I’m with you on that.

But I’m wondering how you are thinking about yourself in relation to your proposal. Given your work, I’d imagine you earn perhaps 500,000? Or given just how large your sales figures are, probably more?

How do you square this with your proposal? Will you stop working as much so your salary goes down to 60,000? Or are you perhaps already giving away almost all your income?