Podcast Episodes featuring Thomas Piketty

Thomas Piketty

TALKING POLITICS - May 06, 2017 00:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 619 ratings
We're joined by internationally best-selling economist Thomas Piketty, author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century, to talk about the French elections and what inequality is doing to democratic politics. Recorded a few days before the 2nd round of the French presidential vote, we discuss Macro...

Thomas Piketty, Paul Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz on The Genius of Economics: 92Y Talks Episode 30

92NY Talks - March 05, 2015 22:32 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 211 ratings
"It seems safe to say that Capital in the Twenty-First Century, the magnum opus of the French economist Thomas Piketty, will be the most important economics book of the year--and maybe of the decade. Piketty, arguably the world's leading expert on income and wealth inequality, does more than doc...

Thomas Piketty on Inequality and Capital in the 21st Century

EconTalk - September 22, 2014 06:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4K ratings
Thomas Piketty of the Paris School of Economics and author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century talks to Econtalk host Russ Roberts about the book. The conversation covers some of the key empirical findings of the book along with a discussion of their significance.