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How to make poverty disappear: Never mind trickle-down effect, or the rising tide that'll lift all boats- Quote of the day by Richard Feynman: “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to...” — a powerful reminder about self-deception, critical thinking, personal growth, and why facing the truth is often the hardest part of becoming wiser
- Quote of the day by American philosopher and professor Noam Chomsky: “There are no poor countries— only systems that have failed to manage resources.” — Is poverty really man-made? The hidden truth behind broken economic systems, wealth concentration, and growing inequality continues fueling global frustration and social instability
- Quote of the day by Thomas Piketty: “Refusing to deal with numbers rarely serves the interests of the...” Lesson on money, rising inequality, and why numbers reveal the truth — The modern Marx and writer of Capital in the Twenty-First Century, explains why ignoring economic reality hurts ordinary people the mostQuote of the day: Thomas Piketty warns that ignoring economic data often harms poor and middle-class families the most. In today’s world of...12 May, 2026, 12.00 AM IST
- India must do more to tax its super-rich, France's Piketty saysFrench economist Thomas Piketty urged India to increase taxes on its super-rich, citing rising inequality. He proposed a wealth tax and inh...16 Dec, 2024, 11.31 AM IST
- View: Recalculate inequality — it hasn’t worsened over time, it’s stayed the samePiketty and Chancel analysed different periods of taxation in India, and concluded that inequality dropped sharply from 1950 to the early 1...04 Jan, 2024, 10.36 PM IST
- Ensure income for poor, invest in infrastructure: Thomas Piketty“It is not enough to have tax cuts for businesses; you also need to build a system so the poorest have adequate income support,” Thomas Pik...15 May, 2020, 11.25 PM IST
- India needs basic income scheme to make lockdown work: Thomas PikettyIndia needs to come out with a basic income scheme to make the lockdown work, Thomas Piketty said.12 May, 2020, 09.34 PM IST
- View: It's time to scrutinise the link between poverty and income inequalityWhy does the rise of crorepatis cause poverty to increase? Much of their wealth gains are due to property and stock market booms, which do ...20 Jan, 2020, 11.32 PM IST
- Thomas Piketty is back with 1,200-page guide to abolishing billionaires“Capital and Ideology’’ ranges across time, and has references to India, China and Brazil.12 Sep, 2019, 01.55 PM IST
- Income equality is over-rated, Mr PikettyTrue equality is not just equality of income. It is also, crucially, about equality of opportunity, something sorely missing in India.14 Jan, 2018, 11.53 AM IST
- View: Thomas Piketty couldn't have been more wrong about India. Just look at the dataUsing tax data for the rich and survey data for the non-rich compounds the illusion. Using tax data for the rich and survey data for the no...11 Oct, 2017, 10.34 AM IST
- Thomas Piketty makes a worrying point about India: Mihir SharmaThose who read Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election victory in 2014 as a vote for more reform of the sort that India had seen since 1991...10 Oct, 2017, 07.24 AM IST
- View: Fantastically rising inequality? Thomas Piketty has got it wrongThomas Piketty, guru of inequality, and Lucas Chanel have produced a new paper “Indian Income Equality, 1922-2014: from British Raj to Bill...08 Oct, 2017, 06.25 PM IST
- New study challenges Thomas Piketty's theory about wealthDoes wealth really remain in the same families for generations?01 May, 2017, 10.03 AM IST
- Jaipur Lit Fest: Ambit Holdings's Ashok Wadhwa hosts dinner for Thomas PikettyEconomist Thomas Piketty, who recently attended the Jaipur Lit fest was treated to delectable Rajasthani delicacies at the sit-down dinner.23 Jan, 2016, 05.18 PM IST
- Third eye: Few takers for PM's pet initiative ‘Sankalp’With not many retiring employees opting for PM’s pet initiatives like ‘Sankalp’ and ‘Anubhav’ — the former involves signing up for voluntar...11 Jan, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
- Harder to get rich heirs to work: Thomas PikettyAs fortune is inherited more than earned, economist Thomas Piketty says that wealthy parents might face a problem.11 Dec, 2015, 11.10 AM IST
- Bill Gates loves my book but disagrees on tax plan: Thomas PikettyThomas Piketty, the French economist whose best-selling book has added tinder to the debate on income inequality, counts the world’s riches...05 Jan, 2015, 05.59 AM IST
- Piketty's book attests to growing concern about rising inequality: Joseph StiglitzPiketty also sheds new light on the 'reforms' sold by Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s as growth enhancers from which all w...09 Sep, 2014, 07.32 AM IST
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