After missing his flight and his much-anticipated Cape Town lecture, Thomas Piketty, the French economist who published the ...

Several economists, including Larry Summers, Tony Smith and Per Krusell, have corrected errors in Thomas Piketty's book "Capital in the Twenty-First Century." Now comes Matt Rognlie with a formal ...

Last spring, you may remember, the French economist Thomas Piketty was all the rage in certain enlightened circles. His book Capital shot up to the number one spot on bestseller lists, and many ...

No doubt by now many readers of this publication have heard about – or maybe even read – an important new book by French economist Thomas Piketty,"Capital in the Twenty-First Century." This 700-page ...

Rockstar French economist Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century is the most influential book in the field this year — everyone is reading or pretending to read it. But the Financial ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — French economist Thomas Piketty and his research partners have transformed the wealth gap debate by popularizing the concept of a financially elite 1 percent. They framed the issue ...

The Cato book notes that although Piketty has backpedalled in the face of criticism that greeted his book when it came out in ...

French President Emmanuel Macron is facing a reckoning after the country's far right made historic gains in the first round of a snap parliamentary election. Thomas Piketty, bestselling French ...

After Forbes listed the wealthiest 400 humans in the United States last week, it turned its guns on the French economist/pest Thomas Piketty, who in the book Capital in the 21st Century claims that ...

To understand the contemporary debate about income inequality, it helps to be familiar with the deceptive rhetorical technique known as the motte-and-bailey. The motte-and-bailey involves a party ...

Economist Thomas Piketty in his office at the Jourdan campus in Paris, France on April 29, 2014. Economist Thomas Piketty in his office at the Jourdan campus in Paris, France on April 29, 2014.Vincent ...

French President Emmanuel Macron is facing a reckoning after the country's far right made historic gains in the first round of a snap parliamentary election. The National Rally, led by firebrand ...