Thomas Piketty
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French economist at the Paris School of Economics, born in 1971; author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century (French edition 2013, English 2014).
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History shows a long-run movement toward equality that went together with prosperity (opens korrents.com)
“as I stress in my new book, A Brief History of Equality, there’s been a long-run movement toward more equality in history, together with a movement toward more economic prosperity, and I argue that the two movements…”
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America led the world economy in the 20th century because it led in education (opens korrents.com)
“To me, it’s clear that the key reason why the US has been an economic leader at the world level for most of the 20th century is because it was an educational leader.”
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What matters is everyone's access to fundamental goods, not income and wealth as such (opens korrents.com)
“Ultimately, what I care about is access to fundamental goods like education, health, participation in the political life, participation in economic life.”
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History shows a long-run movement toward equality that went together with prosperity (opens korrents.com)