Ce que l'égalité veut dire
book · First published 2025

Author guide
Thomas Piketty is a French economist, professor at the Paris School of Economics, and director of studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales. His work combines economic theory with long-run historical and administrative data to study inequality, wealth, taxation, inheritance, political conflict, and democratic institutions. He is the author or co-author of major works including Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Capital and Ideology, A Brief History of Equality, and A History of Political Conflict.
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book · First published 2025
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Best-known foundational work and the clearest entry point to Piketty's historical analysis of wealth and inequality.

Shorter, more accessible introduction to his account of the long-run struggle toward equality.
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Thomas Piketty is an economist and professor at EHESS and the Paris School of Economics. His research focuses on long-run inequality in income and wealth, taxation, redistribution, and political conflict.
He was born in Clichy, France, on May 7, 1971. He studied mathematics at the École Normale Supérieure and earned a PhD in economics through EHESS and the London School of Economics.
Anthony Atkinson was a major influence: he mentored Piketty and collaborated with him on measuring trends in top incomes. Piketty’s approach also emphasizes long-run historical research using tax records and other administrative data.
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Among his major recognitions are the European Economic Association’s 2013 Yrjö Jahnsson Award and the British Academy Medal in 2014, awarded for his work on inequality and for Capital in the 21st Century, respectively.
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His historical research helped make income and wealth inequality central topics in academic and policy discussions. He also helped establish the Paris School of Economics and co-directs the World Inequality Lab and World Inequality Database.
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