Thomas Piketty
Economics
Thomas Piketty is a French economist renowned for his work on wealth and income inequality.
Born in 1971, he studied at École Normale Supérieure and earned his Ph.D. at 22.
Piketty has taught at MIT and held positions at French research institutions.
He is best known for his book "Capital in the Twenty-First Century," which argues that wealth inequality will increase as capital returns outpace economic growth.
Piketty proposes a global wealth tax to address this issue.
He has also served as an economic advisor to political campaigns and contributes to French newspapers.
His research uses historical data to study long-term economic trends and wealth concentration.
