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Capital et idéologie : le nouveau livre de Thomas Piketty – C à Vous – 11/09/2019

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What is a fair pension system?

Even if the timing remains vague and the conditions uncertain, the government does seem to have decided to launch a vast reform of the retirement pensions system, with the key element being the unification of the rules applied at the moment in the various systems operating (civil servants, private sector employees, local authority employees, self-employed, special schemes, etc). Let’s make it clear: setting up a universal system is in itself an excellent thing, and a reform of this type is...

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Book Review: Capital in the 21st Century by Thomas Piketty

This book has important lessons for the challenges facing Pakistani economy. This economic bestseller has single-handedly brought the income and wealth inequality at the center of debate around the world, but in between, it has many lessons that are relevant to Pakistani situation. That is why I am sharing some points with my audience.

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Wealth Inequality in Capital by Thomas Piketty

Capital in the Twenty-First Century is a 2013 book by French economist Thomas Piketty. It focuses on wealth and income inequality in Europe and the United States since the 18th century. It was initially published in French (as Le Capital au XXIe siècle) in August 2013; an English translation by Arthur Goldhammer followed in April 2014.[1] The book's central thesis is that when the rate of return on capital (r) is greater than the rate of economic growth (g) over the long term, the result is...

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Thomas Piketty, Co-Director of the World Inequality Lab

The Advisory Board for the 2019 Human Development Report (HDR) will meet on 28 May in Paris, France and serves as a key milestone in the lead-up to the report on inequality, which will be released towards the end of the year. The role of the Advisory Board is to provide intellectual advice and guidance to the Human Development Report Office on the overall vision, direction and messages of the HDRs. The 2019 Advisory Board will be co-chaired by Thomas Piketty, Professor at the Paris School...

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Will money creation save us?

Before the 2007-2008 crisis the balance sheet of the European Central Bank (that is, the totality of securities owned and loans granted by the ECB) was approximately 1000 billion Euros, or barely 10% of the GDP of the Euro zone. In 2019 it had risen to 4700 billion Euros, or 40% of the GDP of the zone. Thus between 2008 and 2018, the ECB has implemented a monetary creation equivalent to over one and a half years of the French GDP, one year of German GDP, or 30% of the GDP of the Euro zone...

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