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Turning Points: Joseph Stiglitz and Thomas Piketty in Dialogue. Moderated by Sylvie Kauffmann

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This virtual transatlantic conversation on Sept. 10, 2020 was a preview for the inaugural Le Festival du Monde NYC with Columbia-Maison Française, March 12-13, 2021. Co-presented by the Columbia University Maison Française, Le Monde Media Group, and Columbia Global Centers | Paris, Joseph Stiglitz and Thomas Piketty join on zoom to exchange on the COVID-19 pandemic and global economic insecurities, racial disparities and protests, the weakening of democracy, and the U.S. presidential election. Their conversation explored the implications of these converging crises and opportunities for change. Co-sponsors are the Columbia Global Centers network, the Institute for Ideas & Imagination, the School of Journalism, the Department of Economics Program for Economic Research, the Institute for

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This virtual transatlantic conversation on Sept. 10, 2020 was a preview for the inaugural Le Festival du Monde NYC with Columbia-Maison Française, March 12-13, 2021.



Co-presented by the Columbia University Maison Française, Le Monde Media Group, and Columbia Global Centers | Paris, Joseph Stiglitz and Thomas Piketty join on zoom to exchange on the COVID-19 pandemic and global economic insecurities, racial disparities and protests, the weakening of democracy, and the U.S. presidential election. Their conversation explored the implications of these converging crises and opportunities for change.



Co-sponsors are the Columbia Global Centers network, the Institute for Ideas & Imagination, the School of Journalism, the Department of Economics Program for Economic Research, the Institute for Policy Dialogue, the Alliance Program, the European Institute, the Committee on Global Thought, SIPA, and Columbia Libraries.



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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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