Top 34 Quotes by Thomas Piketty

About Thomas Piketty

These are some quotes by French author Thomas Piketty Economist, who was born on May 7, 1971.

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

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

Thomas Piketty

What I'm pushing for is an economic discipline that will be closer to other social sciences; in particular, we should be more pragmatic about the methods that we are using instead of pretending that we have our own scientific apparatus with very sophisticated mathematic models that distinguish us from sociologists and historians.

Thomas Piketty

I think if you look back through time, the history of income, wealth and taxation is full of surprise. So I am not terribly impressed by those who know in advance what will or will not happen.

I think if you look back through time, the history of income, wealth and taxation is full of surprise. So I am not terribly impressed by those who know in advance what will or will not happen.

Thomas Piketty

I don't pretend that I can predict the future value of the growth rate or rate of return.

I don't pretend that I can predict the future value of the growth rate or rate of return.

Thomas Piketty

Once constituted, capital reproduces itself faster than output increases. The past devours the future.

Once constituted, capital reproduces itself faster than output increases. The past devours the future.

Thomas Piketty

We know too little about global wealth dynamics, so we need international transmission of bank information.

We know too little about global wealth dynamics, so we need international transmission of bank information.

Thomas Piketty

I'm not as pessimistic as what a number of people seem to believe.

I'm not as pessimistic as what a number of people seem to believe.

Thomas Piketty

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

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

Thomas Piketty

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

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

Thomas Piketty

I don't live in the Cold War. Some people maybe still live in the Cold War, but this is their problem, not mine.

I don't live in the Cold War. Some people maybe still live in the Cold War, but this is their problem, not mine.

Thomas Piketty

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