Great project. I'm only about 15% into the book according to my Kindle, but it's interesting enough that I'm definitely going to check out the status of this project when I finish it. (could be a couple of months at the rate I'm going now)
The validity of the numbers depends on more than just the maths though, do you guys plan on going through the sources as well?
I'm also only about a quarter through, but so far it's interesting for non-economists. Some tolerance of technical explanations and simple formulas (i.e. not panicking at greek symbols) is required, but nothing unusual for the HN crowd.
This book has generated a lot of discussion, and so I went into it with my controversy-goggles strapped on. This is absolutely not required, as the book (based on what the author says he will cover and has covered so far, anyways) is more of a history and description of capital than political narrative or policy-making.
I agree that the tone of the first chapters is rather neutral and objective or at least not as controversial as expected. I think the author's recommendations which by definition are subjective are to be found in the last chapter which I have not read yet.
The validity of the numbers depends on more than just the maths though, do you guys plan on going through the sources as well?