Institute for New Economic Thinking
Joseph Stiglitz: It’s Time to Get Radical on Inequality
America’s economic system has failed by not raising living standards for most. Nobel laureate Stiglitz, author of The Price of Inequality and The Great Divide, studies the forces driving inequality and what is at stake if it continues....
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Wealth Inequality in the US and Beyond
It’s no secret that wealth inequality has grown, both in the US and abroad over the past several decades (after moderating somewhat in the post-WWII era). What has been particularly notable about the work of Emmanuel Saez, Professor of...
Bloomberg
Welcome to Thomas Piketty's World
Jan. 5 -- Bloomberg's Brendan Greeley recaps the annual American Economic Association conference and the focus on the work of Thomas Piketty and his book Capital in the 21st Century. He speaks on Bloomberg Surveillance.
Bloomberg
Thomas Piketty on Wealth Inequality, Coronavirus, Wealth Tax
Apr.29 -- Thomas Piketty, political economist, author and associate chair at Paris School of Economics, discusses the impact of the coronavirus on the long-term distribution of wealth and how a wealth tax could help deal with the...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Piketty looks forward to documentary based on his best seller
CLEAN : Piketty looks forward to documentary based on his best seller
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Piketty warns foreign aid risks undermining Africa
CLEAN : Piketty warns foreign aid risks undermining Africa
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : French economist takes inequality message to London
CLEAN : French economist takes inequality message to London
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : FILE: Economist Thomas Piketty refuses Frances highest honour
CLEAN : FILE: Economist Thomas Piketty refuses Frances highest honour
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : French economist Piketty reacts to Hamon's Europe proposals
Renowned French economist and Benoit Hamon supporter Thomas Piketty reacts to the Socialist candidate's proposals for European policy
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : French economist focuses on the wealth gap in his latest book
French economist Thomas Piketty sets out his solutions for reducing inequalities in his latest book Wealth and Ideology (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bloomberg
Thomas Piketty on Inequality, Trump, Wealth Redistribution
Feb.07 -- Political economist and author Thomas Piketty discusses the history of inequality and his proposals to affect wealth redistribution on "Bloomberg Markets: European Close."
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Convergence on Macro Scale
This video discusses what Thomas Piketty refers to as forces of convergence - things that might make the world a more equal place. [3:24]