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Professor Thomas Piketty FBA

Historical and theoretical work on the interplay between economic development, the distribution of income and wealth, and political conflict. These works have led to emphasise the role of political, social and fiscal institutions in the historical evolution of income and wealth distribution
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2020
Subjects
Economics
Sections
Economics and Economic History
Website
http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/fr/

Current post

Professor, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and Paris School of Economics (PSE)

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