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Populist Threat! Thomas Piketty with Columbia Maison Française, Le Monde, and CGC Paris

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On September 10, 2020, Joseph Stiglitz, a University Professor and 2001 Nobel laureate in economics, and Thomas Piketty, a French economist and author, engaged in a virtual trans-Atlantic dialogue on some of the world’s most pressing current issues: the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, rising global inequalities, threats to democracy, and the upcoming U.S. presidential election. French journalist Sylvie Kauffmann of Le Monde moderated the simulcast event, which was live-streamed in English and French.

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On September 10, 2020, Joseph Stiglitz, a University Professor and 2001 Nobel laureate in economics, and Thomas Piketty, a French economist and author, engaged in a virtual trans-Atlantic dialogue on some of the world’s most pressing current issues: the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, rising global inequalities, threats to democracy, and the upcoming U.S. presidential election. French journalist Sylvie Kauffmann of Le Monde moderated the simulcast event, which was live-streamed in English and French.
Thomas Piketty
Thomas Piketty (7 May 1971) is a French economist who works on wealth and income inequality. He is a professor (directeur d'études) at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), associate chair at the Paris School of Economics and Centennial professor at the London School of Economics new International Inequalities Institute.

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