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Thomas Piketty was born on May 7, 1971 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France and is credited as an economist, research fellow and writer. Thomas Piketty is 55 years old as of 2026. Listed accolades include Yrjö Jahnsson Award (2013), Prix du meilleur jeune économiste de France (2002), CNRS bronze medal (2000) and 5 more. Notable works include Capital in the Twenty-First Century and Capital and Ideology.
My Take
What I admire about Piketty is that he dragged economics out of the seminar room and made inequality a dinner-table conversation. Capital in the Twenty-First Century could have stayed a dense academic brick, yet it became a global phenomenon precisely because he refused to treat wealth as an abstraction. To me, the real achievement is moral as much as analytical: he insists that distribution is a political choice, not a law of nature. Awards like France's best young economist prize confirm the rigor, but I value him most for keeping the human stakes of money in plain view.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Thomas Piketty
- Name (Japanese)
- トマ・ピケティ
- Reading
- とま・ぴけてぃ
- Born
- May 7, 1971 (age 55)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Boar
- Origin
- Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Occupation
- economist / research fellow / writer / university teacher
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- 2013 Yrjö Jahnsson Award
- 2002 Prix du meilleur jeune économiste de France
- 2000 CNRS bronze medal
- 2015 Lysenko Prize
- 2014 prix Pétrarque de l'essai
- 2013 Fellow of the Econometric Society
- 1999 Rossi Prize
- 2014 British Academy Medal
3. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Capital in the Twenty-First Century | — | |
| Notable work | Capital and Ideology | — |
4. Links
- Official sitehttp://piketty.pse.ens.fr/
- Xhttps://x.com/PikettyLeMonde
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Piketty
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%82%B1%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984448
5. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-20
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Thomas Piketty born?
Born May 7, 1971 (age 55).
Where is Thomas Piketty from?
Thomas Piketty is from Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
What does Thomas Piketty do?
Thomas Piketty works as economist, research fellow, writer, university teacher.
What is Thomas Piketty known for?
Notable works include Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Capital and Ideology.