TED Talks
Thomas Piketty: New thoughts on capital in the twenty-first century
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2014 • E187 Oct 6, 2014 15mFrench economist Thomas Piketty caused a sensation in early 2014 with his book on a simple, brutal formula explaining economic inequality: r > g (meaning that return on capital is generally higher than economic growth). Here, he talks through the massive data set that led him to conclude: Economic inequality is not new, but it is getting worse, with radical possible impacts.