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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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- economist / research fellow / writer / university teacher
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
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. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Capital in the Twenty-First Century | — | |
| Notable work | Capital and Ideology | — |
6. Links
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.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-20
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.