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But those halls of power are where thomas piketty, a 42yearold professor at the paris school of economics, has been singing his song of late. Piketty tells us capital as a proportion of the national income has been typically high throughout the last few centuries and current levels of extreme wealth are not a surprise. May 06, 2014 thomas piketty gets the numbers wrong. Thomas piketty s book, capital in the 21 st century, is really just so 2014 today, isnt it. Sep 21, 2014 thomas piketty is a french economist whose capital in the twentyfirst century has swept american discourse. And now, as if to secure his preeminence in this role, piketty has published a yet more ambitious book, capital and ideology harvard. Capital in the twentyfirst century is a 20 book by french economist thomas piketty. Given the excitement that thomas piketty s new book, capital in the twentyfirst century, has stirred up within the political left.
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