The author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2013) was in the news over xmas as he rejected an honour from the French government,
Here are some free resources which will enable you to find out more about his work
- He is professor (directeur d’études) at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales and Professeur à l’Ecole d’économie de Paris/Paris School of Economics. where his website lists recent activities. The publications section includes some additional data files and papers in full text.
- Harvard University press website has links from the publications page to associated materials including reviews and lectures by Piketty
- Ted has a 20 minute talk from the author which explains his findings.
- He also discusses the causes of inequality in a debate with Elizabeth Warren during a Huffington Post event from 2014 (48 minutes)
- If this is too complicated. See an explanation of his key work Capital in 4 paragraphs from the Economist.
- VoxEU.org a policy portal set up by the Centre for Economic Policy Research has some more in-depth discussion.
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