Author: Thomas Piketty

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The main force pushing toward reduction in inequality has always been the diffusion of knowledge and the diffusion of education.

The main force pushing toward reduction in inequality has always been the diffusion of knowledge and the diffusion of education.

- Thomas Piketty

Private property and the market system are good not only to promote innovation and to promote growth; private property and the market system are good for our personal freedom.

Private property and the market system are good not only to promote innovation and to promote growth; private property and the market system are good for our personal freedom.

- Thomas Piketty

I don't live in the Cold War. Some people maybe still live in the Cold War, but this is their problem, not mine.

I don't live in the Cold War. Some people maybe still live in the Cold War, but this is their problem, not mine.

- Thomas Piketty

I don't pretend that I can predict the future value of the growth rate or rate of return.

I don't pretend that I can predict the future value of the growth rate or rate of return.

- Thomas Piketty

I am not political. It is not my job. But I would be happy if politicians could read my work and draw some conclusions from it.

I am not political. It is not my job. But I would be happy if politicians could read my work and draw some conclusions from it.

- Thomas Piketty

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