Friday, May 15, 2015

Thomas Piketty to investigate inequality in new role at LSE

The author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century has been appointed centennial professor at a new institute looking into global inequality

Thomas Piketty has been appointed to a new interdisciplinary centre at the London School of Economics.
Thomas Piketty has been appointed to a new interdisciplinary centre at the London School of Economics. Photograph: BART MAAT/EPA
The bestselling French economist Thomas Piketty is to join a new institute investigating global inequality set up by the London School of Economics.

The LSE has announced that the author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century, last year’s publishing sensation in the social sciences, has been appointed centennial professor at its International Inequalities Institute (III).
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