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Why Thomas Piketty in Telangana panel on caste survey analysis has sparked a row

March 17, 2025 2:35 pm

This is not the first time the Congress has consulted the renowned French economist. Piketty had also advised the party on its minimum income guarantee initiative ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Thomas Piketty in Telangana committee that will analyse caste survey findings

March 14, 2025 1:44 am

The group headed by retired SC judge Sudershan Reddy and including economist Jean Dreze and Congress leader Praveen Chakravarty, will not look at methodology, government clarifies, as Opposition alleges "undercounting" of backward classes.

Thomas Piketty has the right diagnosis, wrong prescription

December 17, 2024 7:15 am

India needs to reduce inequality of opportunity, and invest in health and education. Taxing the wealth of the rich could prove counterproductive

Thomas Piketty: ‘Can’t tax upper middle class more if very top not taxed at higher rate’

December 16, 2024 10:39 pm

Thomas Piketty, who co-founded the World Inequality Lab and the World Inequality Database, said, the difference between the India of 1960s, 1970s and now is “a level of billionaire wealth, which we have never seen before”.

French economist Thomas Piketty calls for more detailed income tax data from India

December 14, 2024 10:10 pm

French economist Thomas Piketty said whatever be the imperfection of the data that is there presently, the conclusion is that India is a very unequal country, adding that it can reduce poverty faster by having less inequality.

Explained: Why Thomas Piketty wants a global wealth tax on multimillionaires

December 08, 2021 8:36 am

World Inequality Report 2022 highlights stark differences between the world's richest and the rest – top 10 per cent own 60-80 per cent of wealth.

Extreme reluctance in India to part with income data: Thomas Piketty

January 22, 2016 12:46 am

Access to income tax data is critical in measuring inequality and understanding the distribution of wealth. India used to publish the All India Income Tax Statistics until 2000, when it was discontinued.

If inequality isn’t solved by democracy, it will be solved in other ways... frightening: Thomas Piketty

January 22, 2016 12:32 am

Economist Thomas Piketty tells Udit Misra that to ensure sustainable growth over the coming decades, India must raise more taxes and invest in social infrastructure like education and health.

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Consider income-based reservations in India: Thomas Piketty

December 06, 2015 12:13 am

“At least India is trying to address the problem,” said Piketty adding that many other countries were ignoring it claiming that they are meritocracies.