When the rate of return on capital exceeds the rate of growth of output and income, as it did in the nineteenth century and seems quite likely to do … - Thomas Piketty

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When the rate of return on capital exceeds the rate of growth of output and income, as it did in the nineteenth century and seems quite likely to do again in the twenty-first, capitalism automatically generates arbitrary and unsustainable inequalities that radically undermine the meritocratic values on which democratic societies are based.

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About Thomas Piketty

(born on 7 May 1971) is a French economist and Professor at the , who works on wealth and income inequality. He is the author of the best selling book (2013), which emphasizes the themes of his work on wealth concentrations and distribution over the past 250 years.

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Alternative Names: Th. Piketty T. Piketty Piketty, Thomas
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