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Rock star economist Thomas Piketty on how S.A can bridge the inequality gap

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Rock star economist Thomas Piketty was on his first visit to South Africa to give the Nelson Mandela lecture. CNBC Africa spoke to him about what South Africa needs to do to deal with inequality.

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Rock star economist Thomas Piketty was on his first visit to South Africa to give the Nelson Mandela lecture. CNBC Africa spoke to him about what South Africa needs to do to deal with inequality.


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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