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 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

Once constituted, capital reproduces itself faster than output increases. The past devours the future.

Once constituted, capital reproduces itself faster than output increases. The past devours the future.

- 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

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