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Professor Thomas Piketty a man in demand

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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 ...

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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.



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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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