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#79: Thomas Piketty – “Dominant ideologies get challenged in times of crisis” (part 1 of 4)

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Source: Thomas Piketty believes that times of crisis can reveal the fragility of dominant ideologies. The shock delivered by coronavirus is no exception. He says African countries should quickly roll out social safety nets to protect the population; and in the conversation about how to pay for them, much could change.

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Thomas Piketty believes that times of crisis can reveal the fragility of dominant ideologies.



The shock delivered by coronavirus is no exception.



He says African countries should quickly roll out social safety nets to protect the population; and in the conversation about how to pay for them, much could change.



Thomas Piketty
Thomas Piketty (7 May 1971) is a French economist who works on wealth and income inequality. He is a professor (directeur d'études) at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), associate chair at the Paris School of Economics and Centennial professor at the London School of Economics new International Inequalities Institute.

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