Quoted in promoting January 1, economist “do not think it is the role of government to decide who is honorable.” “They would do well to focus on the stimulus growth in France and Europe, “he insists. The government notes.
The French economist Thomas Piketty, including book Capital in the Twenty-First Century experiencing international impact, told AFP “deny (their) appointment” for the Legion of Honour, made official Thursday.
“I just learned that I was proposed for the Legion of Honour . I refuse this appointment because I do not think it is the role of government to decide who is honorable, “said Piketty, adding,” They would do well to focus on reviving growth in France and Europe. “” No one warned me of this appointment, otherwise I’ll have them immediately deterred, “said Thomas Piketty again.
The economist appears in the” promotion from January 1 “of the Legion Honor, published in the Official Journal, named knighted alongside another economist, Nobel Prize Jean Tirole, which made him an officer.
Geneviève Fioraso, Secretary of State for Higher Education and Research, who proposed the name of Thomas Piketty, “took note” of his refusal and praised the “excellence” of his work.
By offering great Chancellery the Knight’s distinction of the Legion of Honor, the Secretary of State had wished “to acknowledge the work of excellent research conducted by Thomas Piketty within the Paris School of Economics.” “This work has an international reputation deserved to be honored by the French Republic,” she added. The economist had “the freedom to accept or reject this distinction” and “he chose to reject it, which we acknowledge,” responded Geneviève Fioraso, noting that “excellence and visibility of his work remain” . “Thomas Piketty was not warned before publication in the Official Journal” on Thursday stressed the Rue de Grenelle.
The work of the economist was voted best economic book of the year Financial Times . Described as “rock-star economist” by the same newspaper, cheered by the crowds and the Nobel Prize in Economics in New York, the book was number one in sales on Amazon and described as the most important economic Book twenty-first century. Sold 1.5 million copies, paved with 970 pages, published in September 2013, aims to demonstrate the spontaneous tendency to ever greater concentration of wealth in a few hands.
Piketty, a time close to the Socialist Party, regularly criticizes the policies of President Francois Hollande. Regrets, among others, the latter has buried his promise of a deep tax reform campaign in the direction of greater progressivity of the tax, a strongly supported by the Economist project.
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