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Distinguished Lecture: Professor Thomas Piketty on “Rising Inequality and Globalisation”
Professor Thomas Piketty, world-leading economist and author of the best-selling book Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2013), gave a lecture on the increasing threat of rising inequality and wealth disparity amid globalisation on the campus of The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) today (5 October).
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Distinguished Lecture on “Rising Inequality and Globalisation”
Poverty and Wealth disparity have become global issues, which present a growing threat to the world. Professor Thomas Piketty, a public intellectual and author of the best-selling book Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2013), will offer thought-provoking views and novel ideas on the phenomena of rising inequality and globalisation, as well as their implications for wealth distribution.