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Thomas Piketty

Thomas Piketty is a French economist who is a professor of economics at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS), associate chair at the Paris School of Economics (PSE) and Centennial Professor of Economics in the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics (LSE).

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culture · French economist (born 1971) · economist · research fellow · writer · university teacher · also Thomas Piketty, Piketty

Born 7 May 1971 · Q984448

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Won Oskar Morgenstern medal (2023).
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Awarded Clarivate Citation Laureates (2023).
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2026· 4 entries

Aug 21, 2026Documented record69% confidence

Diari ARA: Piketty and public wealth

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Aug 17, 2026Documented record69% confidence

eldia.com.do: El capital de Thomas Piketty y el empeoramiento de la desigualdad del ingreso

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Aug 14, 2026Documented record69% confidence

The Irish Times: Thomas Piketty: Ireland’s economic model is damaging to other countries

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Aug 14, 2026Documented record69% confidence

Outlook India: Column | Choosing Growth Over Equality Is a False, Dangerous Choice for India: Thomas Piketty and Economists at WIL

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2023· 4 entries

Dec 2, 2023Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: From Piketty’s Capital to Hawking’s The Theory of Everything: can one book explain it all?

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Nov 22, 2023Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Ban private jets to address climate crisis, says Thomas Piketty

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Jun 15, 2023Documented record84% confidence

Won Oskar Morgenstern medal (2023).

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Jun 15, 2023Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Clarivate Citation Laureates (2023).

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2022· 1 entry

Apr 17, 2022Documented record69% confidence

Wall Street Journal: Thomas Piketty Is Right Out of Ayn Rand’s Nightmare

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2020· 5 entries

Aug 31, 2020Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Thomas Piketty refuses to censor latest book for sale in China

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May 12, 2020Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Will coronavirus lead to fairer societies? Thomas Piketty explores the prospect

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Mar 1, 2020Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Capital and Ideology by Thomas Piketty review – down the rabbit hole of bright abstractions

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Feb 23, 2020Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Thomas Piketty: Why France’s ‘rock star economist’ still wants to squeeze the rich

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Feb 19, 2020Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Capital and Ideology by Thomas Piketty review – if inequality is illegitimate, why not reduce it?

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2019· 2 entries

2019Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

His book Capital and Ideology was published, which focuses on income inequality in various societies in history

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2019Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Is a successor to Capital in the Twenty-First Century in its themes of inequality of income and wealth

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2015· 3 entries

Jun 15, 2015Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Lysenko Prize (2015).

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2015Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Piketty was also elected an international member of the American Philosophical Society

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2015Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

As the distinguished Centennial Professor

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2014· 6 entries

Jul 29, 2014Documented record69% confidence

The Diplomat: Thomas Piketty and Asia

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Jun 15, 2014Documented record84% confidence

Won British Academy Medal for Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2014).

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Jun 15, 2014Documented record84% confidence

Awarded prix Pétrarque de l'essai for Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2014).

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May 27, 2014Documented record69% confidence

Yahoo: Did Economist Thomas Piketty Get His Math Wrong on Wealth Inequality?

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May 22, 2014Documented record69% confidence

PBS: The surprising bull: Thomas Piketty on Wall Street

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2014Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Was awarded the British Academy Medal for this book

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2013· 4 entries

Jun 15, 2013Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Fellow of the Econometric Society (2013).

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Jun 15, 2013Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Yrjö Jahnsson Award (2013).

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2013Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Focuses on wealth and income inequality in Europe and the US since the 18th century

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2013Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Piketty won the biennial Yrjö Jahnsson Award, for the economist under age 45 who has "made a contribution in theoretical and applied research that is significant to the study of economics in Europe

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2012· 1 entry

2012Source gives the year onlyDocumented record78% confidence

The highest level recorded since the government began collecting the relevant data a century ago

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2011· 1 entry

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“We know something about billionaire consumption, but it is hard to measure some of it. Some billionaires are consuming politicians, others consume reporters, and some consume academics.”

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2009· 2 entries

2009Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Filed a complaint of domestic violence to the police against Piketty; she later withdrew her complaint after he acknowledged facts of domestic violence

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2009Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

In 2009, she filed a complaint of domestic violence to the police against Piketty; she later withdrew her complaint after he acknowledged facts of domestic violence.

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2007· 1 entry

Jan 1, 2007Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: professor (2007).

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2006· 1 entry

2006Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Piketty became the first head of the PSE, which he helped organize

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2002· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2002Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Prix du meilleur jeune économiste de France (2002).

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2000· 2 entries

Jun 15, 2000Documented record84% confidence

Won CNRS bronze medal (2000).

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Jan 1, 2000Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: director of studies (2000).

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1999· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1999Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Rossi Prize (1999).

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1995· 1 entry

1995Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Joined the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) as a researcher, and in 2000 he became a professor (directeur d'études) at EHESS

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1993· 3 entries

Jan 1, 1993Documented record84% confidence

Studied at School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, doctorate in France (1991–1993).

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Jan 1, 1993Documented record84% confidence

Studied at École Normale Supérieure (1989–1993).

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Jan 1, 1993Documented record84% confidence

Studied at London School of Economics and Political Science (1991–1993).

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1991· 1 entry

1991Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Was enough to make him a firm "believe[r] in capitalism, private property and the market"

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1989· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1989Documented record84% confidence

Studied at Lycée Louis-le-Grand (1987–1989).

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1971· 1 entry

May 7, 1971Documented record86% confidence

Born 1971-05-07.

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