Quote by: Thomas Piketty

The U.S. is the country that invented progressive taxation of income and of inherited wealth in the 1910s and '20s.


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  • NameThomas Piketty
  • DescriptionFrench economist
  • AliasesPiketty
  • BornMay 7, 1971
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionEconomist
  • WorksCapital In The Twenty-First Century
  • AwardsYrjö Jahnsson Award; Prix Du Meilleur Jeune Économiste De France