The French Institute in Egypt will be hosting world renowned economist and leading expert on global income inequality Thomas Piketty on the occasion of the publication of the Arabic edition of his international best-seller, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century.” Piketty, professor of economy in Paris, will give two separate lectures at Cairo University and the American University in Cairo on June 2. The lectures will focus on the theme “Capital in the Twenty-First Century: A Middle East Perspective,” where he will introduce some of the findings of his research on income inequality and present a Middle East perspective on the global inequality debate. Called a “rock-star economist” by the Financial Times and “a modern Marx” by the Economist, Piketty took the world by storm when his book was published in English in 2014, prompting a lively debate on the book’s subject: The history and future of global inequality. “Capital,” originally released in French, is based on over a decade of research by Piketty and a small team of fellow economists. It traces the evolution of wealth and income distribution since the beginning of the industrial revolution in the 18th century….
‘Rock-Star Economist’ Thomas Piketty to Lecture in Cairo Next Week
May 26, 2016
