Econnim: The average wealth of the top cannot go up forever, four times faster than the size of the world. Econnim: But if you have one point five % in middle class rate and going to developing countries, this is not a problem. You now, i think we, of course, we need on trepene," he says.
Thomas Piketty of the Paris School of Economics and author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century talks to Econtalk host Russ Roberts about the book. The conversation covers some of the key empirical findings of the book along with a discussion of their significance.