Thomas Piketty: Difference between revisions

Besides these surveys, which make up the core of his work, Piketty has published in other areas, often with a connection to economic inequalities. His work on schools, for example, postulates that disparities among different schools, especially class sizes, are a cause for the persistence of inequalities in wages and the economy.<ref>T. Piketty and M. Valdenaire, ''[http://media.education.gouv.fr/file/48/4/2484.pdf L'impact de la taille des classes sur la réussite scolaire dans les écoles, collèges et lycées français – Estimations à partir du panel primaire 1997 et du panel secondaire 1995]'', Ministère de l'éducation nationale, 2006.</ref> He has also published proposals for changes in the French pension system and the French tax system.<ref>A. Bozio and T. Piketty, ''Pour un nouveau système de retraite : des comptes individuels de cotisations financés par répartition'', Edition de l'ENS rue d'Ulm, collection du CEPREMAP n°14, 2008.</ref><ref>[[Camille Landais]], Thomas Piketty and [[Emmanuel Saez]], Pour une révolution fiscale'', ed. Le Seuil, 2011</ref> In a 2018 paper, Piketty suggested that throughout the Western world, political parties of both the left and the right have been captured by the "elites".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.salon.com/2018/03/27/pikettys-new-paper-vindicates-bernie-sanders-electoral-strategy/#.Wrp0fgqrQsA.twitter|title=Thomas Piketty says Bernie Sanders' electoral strategy is the way to beat back the right|last=Spencer |first=Keith |date=March 27, 2018 |website=Salon |access-date=March 28, 2018}}</ref>