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Distinguished Lecture on “Rising Inequality and Globalisation” by Professor Thomas Piketty

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Poverty and Wealth disparity have become global issues, which present a growing threat to the world. Professor Thomas Piketty, a public intellectual and author of the best-selling book Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2013), offered thought-provoking views and novel ideas on the phenomena of rising inequality and globalisation, as well as their implications for wealth ...

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Poverty and Wealth disparity have become global issues, which present a growing threat to the world. Professor Thomas Piketty, a public intellectual and author of the best-selling book Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2013), offered thought-provoking views and novel ideas on the phenomena of rising inequality and globalisation, as well as their implications for wealth distribution at the lecture held on 5 October 2018.



The Lecture is jointly organised by The Education University of Hong Kong and Consulate General of France in Hong Kong & Macau, sponsored by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, and supported by the Academy of Hong Kong Studies, EdUHK.



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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