Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Thomas Piketty
Born: May 7, 1971 (age 53)
Bio: Thomas Piketty is a French economist who works on wealth and income inequality.
Known for:
- Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2013)
- The Economics of Inequality (2015)
- Chronicles: On Our Troubled Times (2016)
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