Capital and Ideology
A source page for quotes linked to Thomas Piketty.
“At the heart of every major political upheaval lies a fiscal revolution.”
“Refusing to deal with numbers rarely serves the interests of the least well-off.”
“Das Kapital, I think, is very difficult to read, and for me, it was not very influential.”
“Wealth is so concentrated that a large segment of society is virtually unaware of its existence.”
“We want capitalism and market forces to be the slave of democracy rather than the opposite.”
“No hypocrisy is too great when economic and financial elites are obliged to defend their interest.”
“When inequality gets to an extreme, it is completely useless for growth.”