“We know something about billionaire consumption, but it is hard to measure some of it. Some billionaires are consuming politicians, others consume reporters, and some consume academics.”

Quoted in Chuck Collins, Nit-Picking Piketty http://inequality.org/nitpicking-piketty/ (2015).
At ASSA http://events.mediasite.com/Mediasite/Play/b6d6725ea1df49c896fc82465f732e9b1d, 01:40:27.

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