Thomas Piketty

Thomas Piketty is a French economist and professor at the Paris School of Economics. Renowned for his research on historical inequality, Piketty co-founded the World Inequality Database, which compiles global wealth data. His 2013 book Capital in the Twenty-First Century became an international phenomenon, reshaping how policymakers and scholars understand capitalism. Piketty’s subsequent works—Capital and Ideology (2019) and A Brief History of Equality (2022)—expand on his call for participatory socialism, arguing that true democracy requires economic as well as political equality. His meticulous empirical research and bold vision have made him one of the most influential economists of the 21st century.