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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Spot the Not #36 - Thomas Piketty

All of the following quotes from him are real except one. Can you Spot the Not?

1. My premise is not to tax to destroy the wealth of the wealthy; it's to increase the wealth of the bottom and the middle class.

2. I draw my inspiration from Sweden, not the Soviet Union. I have never advocated a centrally-planned economy.

3. I am not political. It is not my job. But I would be happy if politicians could read my work and draw some conclusions from it.

4. One way to have broader access to wealth is to reduce the tax on the large group and increase the tax on the very top so concentration of wealth doesn't get to extreme levels.

5. I loved American universities. In many ways, they are better organized - certainly than French universities.

6. To put it bluntly, the discipline of economics has yet to get over its childish passion for mathematics.

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