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A certain idea of Europe – Thomas Piketty

A certain idea of Europe aims to reinvent the transnational dialogue by involving the european thinkers at a continental scale. In an extraordinary masterclass, Thomas Piketty, broadcasted and commented in 15 other cities, speaks about inequalities in Europe, opening new perspectives and new paths through which we will be able to rejoin an ideal Europe, fully politic—a certain idea of Europe.

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Capital in Russia

Next month Karl Marx will be 200 years old. What would he have thought of the sad state Russia is in today? This is a country which never ceased to claim to be ‘Marxist Leninist’ throughout the Soviet period. Doubtless he would have denied any responsibility for a regime which appeared long after his death. Marx grew up in a world of censitory oppression and private property sacralization, where even the owners of slaves could be handsomely compensated if their property was violated...

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Viimeisimmät uutiset | Thomas Piketty Trumpin tulleista: “nykymaailmaa ei uhkaa kauppasota vaan s…

Viimeisimmät uutiset | Thomas Piketty Trumpin tulleista: “nykymaailmaa ei uhkaa kauppasota vaan sosiaalinen sota” Viimeisimmät uutiset | Thomas Piketty Trumpin tulleista: “nykymaailmaa ei uhkaa kauppasota vaan sosiaalinen sota” Tunnettu ranskalaisekonomisti Thomas Piketty varoittaa tuoreessa blogipostauksessaan maahanmuuton rajoittamisesta ja protektionismin lisäämisestä. Piketty kirjoittaa, että “toisin kuin joskus kuulemme”, populismin nousua Euroopassa ei voida selittää...

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Towards a Union in the Union

After the Italian elections and Trump’s commercial antics one might well feel depressed and be tempted to use Europe to play the same silly game of introverted assertion of identity – strengthening immigration laws and ramping up protectionist measures. In so doing, we would be forgetting two key points. One: contrary to what we sometimes hear, the rise of European populism is not explained by any flood of immigrants. The truth is that the number of migrants entering the UE was much...

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Piketty, Thomas. “El capital en el siglo XXI”

LIBROS APOCRIFOS: LOS LIBROS QUE NO QUIEREN QUE LEAS. En la sección de "Libros apócrifos" iremos publicando comentarios sobre libros con un contenido alejado del mainstream. Son libros que desmienten lo que habitualmente nos cuentan. Suscríbete al canal y podrás recibir todas las publicaciones.

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Thomas Piketty, Paul Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz: The Genius of Economics

Piketty, arguably the worlds leading expert on income and wealth inequality, does more than document the growing concentration of income in the hands of a small economic elite. He also makes. knlhv. What do you get when you put two of the most well known and most widely cited economists in the world, both Nobel laureates, on stage together? A healthy dose of economic reality. Thats what. Thomas Piketty and Joseph E. Stiglitz discuss the causes of, consequences of, and remedies for...

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Parcoursup: could do better

All societies need a grand narrative to justify their inequalities. In contemporary societies, the focus is on the meritocratic narrative. Modern inequality is just because it is the outcome of a process which is freely chosen in which each individual has the same opportunities. The problem is that there is a yawning gap between the official meritocratic declarations and the reality. In the United States, the chances of acceding to higher education are almost entirely determined by...

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