Thomas Piketty Quotes - Page 2

• Das Kapital, I think, is very difficult to read, and for me, it was not very influential.

  Thomas Piketty

  Thinking, Influential, Difficult

  "'Marx? I never really managed to read it' – an interview with Thomas Piketty". Interview with Isaac Chotiner, www.newstatesman.com. May 6, 2014.

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• Democracy will never be supplanted by a republic of experts—and that is a very good thing.

  Thomas Piketty

  Democracy, Experts, Republic

  Thomas Piketty (2014). “Capital in the Twenty-First Century”, p.2, Harvard University Press

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• I loved American universities. In many ways, they are better organized - certainly than French universities.

  Thomas Piketty

  Way, American Universities, University

  "'Marx? I never really managed to read it' – an interview with Thomas Piketty". Interview with Isaac Chotiner, www.newstatesman.com. May 6, 2014.

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• I am not political. It is not my job. But I would be happy if politicians could read my work and draw some conclusions from it.

  Thomas Piketty

  Jobs, Political, Would Be

  "Occupy was right: capitalism has failed the world". Interview with Andrew Hussey, www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2014.

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