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Thomas Piketty

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Thomas Piketty (French: [tɔmɑ pikɛti]; born 7 May 1971) is a French economist who is a professor of economics at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, associate chair at the Paris School of Economics (PSE) and Centennial Professor of Economics in the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics (LSE). Piketty's work focuses on public economics, in particular income and wealth inequality. He is the author of the best-selling book Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2013), which emphasises the themes of his work on wealth concentrations and distribution over the past 250 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Piketty has received more than 2,015,246 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Thomas Piketty is the 192nd most popular economist (down from 170th in 2019), the 2,636th most popular biography from France (down from 2,253rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Thomas Piketty ranks 192 out of 414. Before him are Robert B. Wilson, Oliver Hart, Harold Laski, Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, Israel Kirzner, and Benjamin Tucker. After him are Paul Romer, Eric Maskin, Clément Juglar, János Kornai, Abba P. Lerner, and John A. Hobson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Thomas Piketty ranks 58. Before him are Denise Richards, Joseph Kabila, David Tennant, Selena, Ghil'ad Zuckermann, and Dido. After him are Francesco Toldo, Roy Keane, Oliver Riedel, Carla Gugino, Dino Baggio, and David Coulthard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Thomas Piketty ranks 2,636 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Luc Marion (1946), Jean-Delphin Alard (1815), Aénor de Châtellerault (1103), Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti (1734), Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697), and Odo I, Count of Blois (950). After him are Georges Wilson (1921), Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610), Adolphe Monticelli (1824), Dominique Colonna (1928), Pierre Souvestre (1874), and François Joseph Westermann (1751).

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Among ECONOMISTS In France

Among economists born in France, Thomas Piketty ranks 18. Before him are Gérard Debreu (1921), Jean Tirole (1953), Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play (1806), Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay (1712), Pierre Leroux (1797), and Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau (1715). After him are Clément Juglar (1819), Michel Camdessus (1933), Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903), Olivier Blanchard (1948), Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert (1646), and Esther Duflo (1972).

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