Monday assorted links

Economist Thomas Piketty has reportedly aligned with degrowth ideology, according to social media posts, while other commentators suggest prominent economists hold a negative understanding of economic systems. The claims, shared via X posts, have sparked debate about the direction of mainstream economic thought.

Monday assorted links 1. It seems Piketty has become a degrowther https://x.com/pikettywil/status/2062413196967784652?s=61 . And other views https://x.com/lugaricano/status/2062948364283785527 . Maybe it is rude to say this, but some of our best-known economists basically have a negative-valued understanding of how the world works. And a bit more https://x.com/DoubleEph/status/2063925479678116183 . 2. Claims about soil https://x.com/idyllicmusing/status/2062994923801243845?s=46 speculative . Here is GPT Pro analysis https://chatgpt.com/share/6a2393ed-6d48-83ea-b244-6fed130ecf71 . 3. Stepping up https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/01/audience-member-replaces-ill-keyboardist-sydney-la-land-justin-hurwitz . 4. An interactive feature for AI and economic growth https://howfastis.ai/ . 5. The strange allure of the single-sentence novel https://www.totei.com/story/single-sentence-novel-daniel-kraus-jon-fosse . From Totei https://www.totei.com/ . 6. Where is the Indian diaspora population? https://x.com/stats feed/status/2063526120486543802 7. The Pope in Spain cites Salamanca and liberty https://x.com/nunezfeijoo/status/2063931121486766121?s=46 . 8. “ We’re hiring two Research Fellows to study the future of scientific discovery. https://x.com/mercatus/status/2063971055387934780 “