Quote by: Thomas Piketty

I was born too late to have any temptation with communism, or at least Soviet-type communism. Travelling in Eastern Europe and the ex-Soviet Union, you clearly don't want to defend a system that would have empty shops and a totalitarian regime and internal passports.


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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