Reflections on a No.1 bestseller. I have read Thomas Piketty's acclaimed book three times and my reaction has been different each time, due in part to the various times and places of my reading. The first reading was on my Kindle on a plane trip to Johannesburg and my reaction was positive. The mania driving the Piketty 'bubble' was nearing its peak and I, like so many others, was captured by Piketty's persuasive rhetoric. The…
