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Economic disillusionment feeds nationalism, says economist Thomas Piketty

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Video. Thomas Piketty takes aim at wealth inequality in latest book

Updated: 26/09/2019 - 17:28 GMT+2

Six years ago, his book "Capital in the 21st Century" sold 2.5 million copies after being translated into 40 languages. Arguably the most famous French economist in the world, Thomas Piketty is back with a controversial new book "Capital and Ideology".

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