Thomas Picketty
Devil in the Detail of Polish Ruling Party’s Welfare Promises
The conservatives in PiS, however, put income redistribution to the fore of the public agenda, party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski even extolling people to read Capital in the 21st Century, the global bestseller by French economist Thomas Picketty that cast fresh light on the issue of inequality.
Noted French economist Piketty: Germany never paid its foreign debt
Noted French economist Thomas Picketty this week reiterated his proposal for a major European summit to deal with European debt issue, while stressing that such a venue should aim for a significant “haircut” of Europe’s total debt.
Moreover, Picketty sharply criticized Berlin’s handling of the Greek issue.