Thomas Piketty

As Greece hovers between misery and incipient tragedy, it's worth delving into its roots. Who's responsible for this collision of capital and humanity? How can Greeks escape the flames of austerity?

Karl Polanyi, one of the great intellectuals of the 20th century, argued that the First World War was a nationalist response to the enormous tensions generated by the industrial revolution.

Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century is an extraordinary achievement. Now we can understand how economics has historically worked and how to transform it into a social democratic enterprise.

It seems rather clear that the main theories in French economist Thomas Piketty's bestseller "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" are irritating a number of people.

Contrary to what you might assume based on the attacks from certain quarters, Thomas Piketty's new en vogue book does not advocate socialism.