<div dir="ltr">The rich data informing Thomas Piketty’s landmark research on inequality has been instrumental to Capital in the Twenty-First Century‘s success. Ulrich Atz argues it is highly commendable that Thomas Piketty has made attempts to share the data files. <b><font color="#ff0000"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">
</div>But none of this data is explicitly open for reuse and fails to be available in machine-readable formats. Without an open licence it’s not clear whether reuse is permitted, limiting further engagement and research.<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">
</div></font></b><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"></div><br><a href="http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/05/22/thomas-piketty-data-make-it-open/">http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/05/22/thomas-piketty-data-make-it-open/</a><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">
</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><br></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><b><font color="#ff0000"><i>This is a classic case of good science about to go bad because of the lack of experimental reproducibility.</i></font></b></div>
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