Thomas Piketty

Thomas Piketty (born 1971) is a French economist. He has been a professor at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) and the Paris School of Economics, and has also taught at the London School of Economics. He gained international recognition with his book *Capital in the Twenty-First Century*, which sold more than 2.5 million copies. His other works include *Capital and Ideology*, *A Brief History of Equality*, and *Socialism of the Future*.