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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Pope Francis and Piketty's Theory

Pope Francis: 'Inequality Is The Root Of Social Evil' from the Huffington Post
"Could it be that the Pope is weighing in on the fervor sparked by French economist Thomas Piketty's current bestseller, Capital in the Twenty-First Century? It's unclear. But the tweet's timing -- days after the book sold out on Amazon, where it is currently the best-selling book in the U.S. -- could suggest the Pope's support for Piketty, who posits that an unregulated free market creates an ever-widening wealth gap."

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