Thomas Piketty

Prof. Piketty has been in demand since his book 'Capital in the 21st Century' was translated into English last year and became a bestseller and global sensation, despite being nearly 700 pages and gorged with economic data. His visit is timely because Picketty is an expert in inequality which happens to be one of South Africa's biggest economic problems. For more News visit: http://www.sabc.co.za/news Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SABCNewsOnline?lang=en Like us on Facebook:...

World-renowned French economist, academic, researcher, author, columnist and public intellectual, Professor Thomas Piketty on Friday night accepted an honorary doctoral degree in Economics from the University of Johannesburg. The University's Faculty of Economic and Financial Sciences conferred the honorary doctoral degree on Prof Piketty, in acknowledgment of his contributions to knowledge concerning issues of inequality and poverty. Prof Piketty will also deliver the 13th Nelson Mandela...

Thomas Piketty, Professor of Economics at the Paris School of Economics and bestselling author of Capital in the 21st Century, tells The CORE Project (https://core-econ.org) how he "tries to be useful" by collecting long-run data into the distribution of wealth - and what it tells us about the effects of wealth inequality on society. CORE is a global community of learners, teachers and researchers that is transforming how economics is learned by bringing recent advances in the field to bear...

Thomas Piketty of the Paris School of Economics and James Heckman of the University of Chicago tell The CORE Project (https://core-econ.org) why observed data must be the starting point for economists. CORE is a global community of learners, teachers and researchers that is transforming how economics is learned by bringing recent advances in the field to bear on societal challenges such as the future of work, climate change and inequality, using free interactive online resources and...

Professor Thomas Piketty presented a lecture titled: Inequality in South Africa - What is to be done. 1 October 2015, Wits Science Stadium, Braamfontein Campus West

Renowned French economist, Professor Thomas Piketty, delivered a lecture, titled: "Inequality in South Africa: What is to be done?" in the Science Stadium at Wits University on Thursday, 1 October 2015.

Why inequality matters.