Thomas Piketty
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Thomas Piketty is a French economist renowned for his influential work on income and wealth inequality, particularly through his book "Capital in the Twenty-First Century."
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| Thomas Piketty canonical | 9 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Thomas Piketty Context triple: [Emmanuel Saez, coAuthor, Thomas Piketty]
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A.
Jean Drèze
Jean Drèze is a development economist known for his influential work on poverty, hunger, and social policy in India, including contributions to the Right to Food campaign and landmark social welfare programs.
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B.
Emmanuel Saez
Emmanuel Saez is a French-American economist renowned for his influential research on income and wealth inequality and optimal taxation policy.
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C.
Loïc Wacquant
Loïc Wacquant is a French sociologist and social theorist known for his work on urban marginality, the penal state, and the body, often combining ethnography with critical theory.
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D.
Anthony Atkinson
Anthony Atkinson was a prominent British economist renowned for his pioneering work on income inequality, poverty, and the welfare state.
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E.
Olivier Blanchard
Olivier Blanchard is a prominent French economist and former IMF chief economist known for his influential work in macroeconomics and major contributions to New Keynesian economic theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Piketty Target entity description: Thomas Piketty is a French economist renowned for his influential work on income and wealth inequality, particularly through his book "Capital in the Twenty-First Century."
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A.
Jean Drèze
Jean Drèze is a development economist known for his influential work on poverty, hunger, and social policy in India, including contributions to the Right to Food campaign and landmark social welfare programs.
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B.
Emmanuel Saez
Emmanuel Saez is a French-American economist renowned for his influential research on income and wealth inequality and optimal taxation policy.
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C.
Loïc Wacquant
Loïc Wacquant is a French sociologist and social theorist known for his work on urban marginality, the penal state, and the body, often combining ethnography with critical theory.
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D.
Anthony Atkinson
Anthony Atkinson was a prominent British economist renowned for his pioneering work on income inequality, poverty, and the welfare state.
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E.
Olivier Blanchard
Olivier Blanchard is a prominent French economist and former IMF chief economist known for his influential work in macroeconomics and major contributions to New Keynesian economic theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economist
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human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in economics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
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Yrjö Jahnsson Award ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1971-05-07 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Roger Guesnerie ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
London School of Economics
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École normale supérieure ⓘ
linked to:
École Normale (Paris)
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| employer |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Paris School of Economics ⓘ École des hautes études en sciences sociales ⓘ |
| familyName | Piketty ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economic history
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economics ⓘ income inequality ⓘ political economy ⓘ wealth inequality ⓘ |
| genre |
economic non-fiction
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political economy literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | public debate on inequality in the 21st century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Anthony Atkinson
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Karl Marx ⓘ Simon Kuznets ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of progressive taxation
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empirical research on income inequality ⓘ empirical research on wealth inequality ⓘ historical data on top incomes ⓘ proposal of global wealth tax ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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French ⓘ |
| movement | heterodox economics ⓘ |
| name | Thomas Piketty ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Capital et Idéologie
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century ⓘ Le Capital au XXIe siècle ⓘ
linked to:
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Pour une révolution fiscale ⓘ Top Incomes in France in the Twentieth Century ⓘ |
| occupation |
economist
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university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director at Paris School of Economics
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director of studies at École des hautes études en sciences sociales ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
long-run evolution of income distribution
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long-run evolution of wealth distribution ⓘ taxation of income and wealth ⓘ |
| thesisTitle | Essais sur la théorie de la redistribution des richesses ⓘ |
| thesisYear | 1993 ⓘ |
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