"For far too long economists have sought to……" — Thomas Piketty
"For far too long economists have sought to define themselves in terms of their supposedly scientific methods. In fact, those methods rely on an immoderate use of mathematical models, which are frequently no more than an excuse for occupying the terrain and masking the vacuity of the content."
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28 Quotes by Thomas Piketty
Thomas Piketty has 28 quotes on this site.
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...the discipline of economics has yet to get over its childish passion for mathematics and for purely theoretical and often…
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Over a long period of time, the main force in favor of greater equality has been the diffusion of knowledge…
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When the rate of return on capital exceeds the rate of growth of output and income, as it did in…
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What was the good of industrial development, what was the good of all the technological innovations, toil, and population movements…
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Democracy will never be supplanted by a republic of experts—and that is a very good thing.
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Contrary to a tenacious myth, France is not owned by California pension funds or the Bank of China, any more…
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There is one great advantage to being an academic economist in France: here, economists are not highly respected in the…
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Indeed, the distribution of wealth is too important an issue to be left to economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers.
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I loved American universities. In many ways, they are better organized - certainly than French universities.
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Capitalism and market forces are very powerful in producing wealth and innovation. But we need to ensure that these forces…
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We want capitalism and market forces to be the slave of democracy rather than the opposite.
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Once constituted, capital reproduces itself faster than output increases. The past devours the future.
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Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally…
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A lot of these kids I think are more content just to be on Facebook and the computer than they…
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Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.
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Be content to seem what you really are.
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I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it 'content.'
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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with…
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There are very few things that are purely conceptual without any hard content.
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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being…
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Let me go over this again on the reclaiming the civil rights movement. People of faith that believe that you…
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Both need each other: The agnostic cannot be content to not know, but must be in search of the great…
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