Thomas Piketty

Famous French economist, Thomas Piketty, says the extreme levels of inequality in South Africa are bad for economic growth. Piketty has arrived in the country to present the 13th Annual Nelson Mandela lecture on Saturday. He is the author of Capital in the 21st Century which examines trends around inequality and warns that governments need to intervene or the rich will continue to get richer. It became a global phenomenon after being translated into English last year. For more News...

A much anticipated visit to South Africa by one of the most talked about economists in the world has fallen flat. French Professor, Thomas Piketty, missed his flight to South Africa last night. The Nelson Mandela Foundation has confirmed he did not have the required amount of free pages in his passport, but is working on attaining an emergency passport. He was due to take part in various events in the run up to the 13th Annual Nelson Mandela lecture on Saturday. It was hoped he would be able...

Thomas Piketty is an Economist and study director at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Member of the support committee of the SOS MEDITERRANEE association, he shares on camera the reasons behind his support to the crowdfunding campaign for the creation of a civil and european sea rescue association : Our crowdfunding campaign : ulule.com/sosmed/

Thomas Piketty ist Wirtschaftswissenschaftler und Studiendirektor an der Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Als Mitglied des SOS MEDITERRANEE Unterstützerkreises erzählt er warum er unsere crowdfunding Kampagne für den Aufbau einer zivilen, europäischen Seenotrettungsgesellschaft unterstützt.

Prominent French economist, Thomas Piketty, has missed his flight to South Africa. He was due to arrive on Wednesday for various events before presenting the 13th Annual Nelson Mandela lecture on Saturday. The Nelson Mandela Foundation has confirmed he did not have the required amount of free pages in his passport, but is working on attaining and emergency passport. He will present a lecture at UCT via Skype today and hopefully land in person on Wednesday. The 'rockstar' French Economist...

Popular French economist Thomas Piketty touches down on South African soil this week. The author of last year's best seller Capital: In the 21st Century will deliver the Nelson Mandela lecture this coming weekend after touring Robben island. For more News visit: http://www.sabc.co.za/news Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SABCNewsOnline?lang=en Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SABCNewsOnline

Thomas Piketty - Economiste et Directeur d'études à l'école des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales de Paris explique son engagement aux côtés de SOS MEDITERRANEE. Notre campagne de collecte : fr.ulule.com/sosmed/

Economist Thomas Piketty offered an interesting conference at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid in which he focused on the main issues of his latest book Capital in the 21st century. http://www.circulobellasartes.com/ Introduced by the spanish journalist Miguel Ángel Aguilar, this is the first part of the conference at CBA Madrid of Piketty that is about to advice the Podemos economic program for the next elections in Spain. With historical data of the latest 20 years about wealth and...

Economist Thomas Piketty offered an interesting conference at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid in which he focused on the main issues of his latest book Capital in the 21st century. http://www.circulobellasartes.com/ Introduced by the spanish journalist Miguel Ángel Aguilar, this is the first part of the conference at CBA Madrid of Piketty that is about to advice the Podemos economic program for the next elections in Spain. With historical data of the latest 20 years about wealth and...