Thomas Piketty

Read the full post at http://wp.me/p3xSxU-VQ Channel 4 News invited Thomas Piketty on to their show to debate the efficacy of his work. For reasons best known to themselves, he was asked to debate not with another economist of good standing or his foremost UK critic, Chris Giles of the Financial Times, but instead with an apparent trainee from the ultra right-wing and wildly misnamed Institute for Economic Affairs. Looking to all the world as if he had accidentally stepped out of his...

Brussels, 3rd June. Interviews with French economist Thomas Piketty and with S&D leader Gianni Pittella during the Annual Progressive Economy Forum on sustainable growth. More info on http://www.progressiveeconomy.eu

Thomas Piketty during the Trento Festival of Economics 2015 talked about the relations between capitalism and social equity.

Preisträger Prof. Dr. Thomas Piketty diskutierte im Rahmen der Preisverleihung "Das politische Buch 2015" mit Olaf Scholz, Erster Bürgermeister der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg. Moderation: Petra Pinzler (DIE ZEIT). http://www.fes.de/de/rueckblick-fes-buchpreis-2015-an-thomas-piketty/

Prof. Dr. Thomas Piketty umriss das Anliegen seines Werks "Das Kapital im 21. Jahrhundert": "In diesem Buch versuche ich historische Beweise für die Entwicklung des Einkommens und des Vermögens zu geben." Überdies merkte er an, dass ihm die gute Aufnahme und Diskussion des Buchs gerade in der "Eurozone" und Deutschland wichtig ist: "Deswegen freue ich mich besonders darüber, heute hier sein zu können und den Preis entgegenzunehmen."...

The HuffPost Live interview with economist Thomas Piketty, author of Capital in the 21st Century, and Senator Elizabeth Warren, author of A Fighting Chance, facilitated by Huffington Post's Ryan Grim, covers economic inequality in the U.S. as well as the historical context of inequality throughout time. SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1JUX3Xv Educators: Use this video in the classroom: http://www.bravenewfilms.org/warren-p... Educators: Use this video in the classroom:...

Video + Slides available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkyunO1iEOg Inequality in The 21st Century: A Day Long Engagement with Thomas Piketty - 15.30 Session 4 (The policy implications) Recorded on 11 May 2015 at Old Theatre, Old Building A day-long conference with Thomas Piketty, whose Capital in the Twenty-First Century has been of global significance in shaping debates about inequality across the globe. The workshop will be hosted by LSE's new International Inequalities...

Video + Slides available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i4G4vrmj2A Inequality in The 21st Century: A Day Long Engagement with Thomas Piketty - 11.45am Session 2 (Gender and Everyday Life) Speaker(s) : David Soskice, Wendy Carlin, Bob Rowthorn, Diane Perrons, Stephanie Seguino, Lisa McKenzie, Naila Kabeer, Dr. Laura Bear, Gareth Jones, Mike Savage, Sir John Hills, Sir Tony Atkinson, Thomas Piketty Recorded on 11 May 2015 at Old Theatre, Old Building A day-long conference with...