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Rocking the establishment: Thomas Piketty's challenge to orthodox economics

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Updated: 14/10/2015 - 12:24 GMT+2

Rebel, radical,and even rock star – words not usually associated with economists, but they do seem to stick to Frenchman Thomas Piketty, who shot to

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