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Piketty cites recent research that shows managers and financial professionals making up 60% of the top 0. Ten questions for thomas piketty, the economist who. The transcript has been lightly edited to improve the flow of text and remove hesitations but is otherwise unchanged from the original conversation. Apr 04, 2016 thomas piketty speaks to students at kings college, london, during a promotional tour for capital in april 2014. Thomas piketty is professor of economics at the paris school of economics and is known for his work on inequality. Thomas piketty is an economist and professor at the paris school of economics. May 08, 2017 now comes after piketty, a book that, at 678 pages, is almost as long and almost as weighty. Since its publication last year, it has received critical acclaim worldwide. Thomas pikettys capital in the twentyfirst century 1 is the most talked about work of political economy to have appeared in recent years, if not decades. Summers writes, once in a great while, a heavy academic tome dominates for a time the policy debate and, despite bristling with footnotes, shows up on the bestseller list. This is just a fan page to catalyze discussions around pikettys ideas and to provide a forum for those discussions. Thomas piketty says bernie sanders electoral strategy is the. Opinion thomas piketty and his critics the new york times.
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He is the director of studies at the ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales ehess and professor at the paris school of economics. Thomas pikettys capital in the twentyfirst century became a new marxist bible for european intellectual elites, more and more concerned with inequality. Thomas piketty says bernie sanders electoral strategy is. In 1993, at the age of twentytwo, he moved to the united states to teach at m. Thats no small feat for a chartheavy doorstop on the dismal science of economics. An interview with deirdre mccloskey by the institute of economic affairs, london. In the way it is written and the importance of the questions it asks, it is a book the classic authors of economics could have written if they lived today and had access to the. An interview with thomas piketty, paris 8th july 2015. In conversation with nick pearce and martin oneill, professor piketty discusses his acclaimed book, capital in the twentyfirst century, and answers his critics. I here provide a summary of capital in the 21st century by thomas piketty. Thomas piketty revives marx for the 21st century wsj.
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Capital and wealth taxation in the 21 st entury 451 let me first say very clearly that r g is certainly not a problem in itself. Thomas piketty the colbert report video clip comedy. Thomas pikettys capital in 3 minutes newsnight youtube. In an interview with agence francepresse, he accused the financial times of dishonest. Mar 27, 2018 thomas piketty says bernie sanders electoral strategy is the way to beat back the right new paper explores how both parties were captured by the elite, leaving a politically rudderless underclass.
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Capital and wealth taxation in the 21 st century thomas piketty. The 42year old french economists new book capital in the twentyfirst century offers a nervewracking argument. The second part of the summary covers income inequality and wealth inequality. Piketty calls germanys moral stance on greek debt a huge. Piketty, who teaches at the paris school of economics, has spent nearly two decades studying inequality. Why frances rock star economist still wants to squeeze the rich. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. In particular, i clarify the role played by r g in my analysis of wealth inequality.
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