Thomas Piketty on Inequality and Capital in the 21st Century

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🗓️ 22 September 2014

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Thomas Piketty of the Paris School of Economics and author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century talks to Econtalk host Russ Roberts about the book. The conversation covers some of the key empirical findings of the book along with a discussion of their significance.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:06.4	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
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0:23.2	back to 2006.
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0:32.0	Today is September 16, 2014.
0:35.0	And my guest is Toma Piketty, or as most Americans pronounce it, Thomas Piketty.
0:41.4	We'll try to do our best to say it correctly.
0:43.6	He is Professor of Economics at the Paraskool of Economics and author of Capital in the 21st
0:49.2	century.
0:50.2	The subject of this episode, Tomas, welcome to Econ Talk.
0:54.7	Thank you for inviting me.
0:56.6	So your book Capital in the 21st century is a remarkable book, and it's received a remarkable
1:01.2	amount of attention.
1:02.2	I don't think there is a book since Keynes's General Theory that is generated as much
1:06.9	interest.
1:07.9	So first, I want to say congratulations.
1:09.9	Thank you.
1:10.9	The book's an incredible collection of data, much of it done by you with various co-authors,
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