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I was born too late to have any temptation with communism, or at least Soviet-type communism. Travelling in Eastern Europe and the ex-Soviet Union, you clearly don't want to defend a system that would have empty shops and a totalitarian regime and internal passports.
— Thomas Piketty
Tags: born, late, communism, you

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We know too little about global wealth dynamics, so we need international transmission of bank information.
— Thomas Piketty
Tags: need, information, know, wealth
I am afraid that if you don't find peaceful domestic solutions to our inequality and social problems, then it's always tempting to find other people responsible for our problems.
— Thomas Piketty
Tags: problems, i-am, people, you
What I argue for is a progressive tax, a global tax, based on the taxation of private property.
— Thomas Piketty
Tags: global, progressive, tax, property
Private property and the market system are good not only to promote innovation and to promote growth; private property and the market system are good for our personal freedom.
— Thomas Piketty
Tags: innovation, growth, freedom, good
When inequality gets too extreme, then it becomes useless for growth, and it can even become bad because it tends to lead to high perpetuation of inequality over time and low mobility.
— Thomas Piketty
Tags: useless, bad, growth, time
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