Top 25 Quotes by Thomas Piketty of 29 - Page 2

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

Thinking, Influential, Difficult

"'Marx? I never really managed to read it' – an interview with Thomas Piketty". Interview with Isaac Chotiner, www.newstatesman.com. May 6, 2014.

Democracy will never be supplanted by a republic of experts—and that is a very good thing.

Democracy, Experts, Republic

Thomas Piketty (2014). “Capital in the Twenty-First Century”, p.2, Harvard University Press

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

Way, American Universities, University

"'Marx? I never really managed to read it' – an interview with Thomas Piketty". Interview with Isaac Chotiner, www.newstatesman.com. May 6, 2014.

I am not political. It is not my job. But I would be happy if politicians could read my work and draw some conclusions from it.

Jobs, Political, Would Be

"Occupy was right: capitalism has failed the world". Interview with Andrew Hussey, www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2014.

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