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Weekend Lecture: Capital in the Twenty-First Century – LSE

To view slides+audio please see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXYIY… To download slides please see: http://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/vid… Speaker(s): Professor Thomas Piketty Chair: Professor Tim Besley Recorded on 16 June 2014 in Peacock Theatre, Portugal Street. What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and … Continue reading

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Larry Summers on inequality and Piketty – FT

There is an attempt to make capitalism more inclusive. But who is it excluding? John Authers asks former US treasury secretary Larry Summers if he agrees with Thomas Piketty’s thesis that inequality is increasing, and asks how capitalism can be … Continue reading

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Doubts over Piketty inequality data – FT

FT economics editor Chris Giles and FT global economy news editor Ferdinando Giugliano raise doubts about the validity of the data in ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ by Thomas Piketty, which claims that wealth inequality is rising. For more video … Continue reading

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Money talks – Economist

Thomas Piketty’s book attracts interest, mergers and acquisitions on the increase and the Russian economy faces challenges. – Economist (click here if video is not observable)

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