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Thomas Piketty
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Thomas Piketty

Author · born May 7, 1971

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Thomas Piketty is a French economist who is a professor of economics at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS), associate chair at the Paris School of Economics (PSE) and Centennial Professor of Economics in the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics (LSE).

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  1. ~36Became professor2007
  2. ~42Notable work: Capital in the Twenty-First Century2013

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