New Popular Front Legislative Election Campaign Meeting - Montreuil

New Popular Front Legislative Election Campaign Meeting - Montreuil

French economist Thomas Piketty during an open-air legislative election campaign meeting Building the Popular Front (NFP) with civil society of the electoral coalition of left-wing parties dubbed the Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front) at Place Jean-Jaures in Montreuil, near Paris, on June 17, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

New Popular Front Legislative Election Campaign Meeting - Montreuil

New Popular Front Legislative Election Campaign Meeting - Montreuil

French economist Thomas Piketty during an open-air legislative election campaign meeting Building the Popular Front (NFP) with civil society of the electoral coalition of left-wing parties dubbed the Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front) at Place Jean-Jaures in Montreuil, near Paris, on June 17, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

French bestseller author delivers speech in London

French bestseller author delivers speech in London

French economist Thomas Piketty, author of the bestselling "Capital in the Twenty-First Century," delivers a speech in London as seen in this file photo taken in June 2014. The Japanese version of the book sold about 130,000 copies in a month through mid-January, becoming a rare hit for a book with difficult content. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Thomas Piketty gives lecture in Tokyo

Thomas Piketty gives lecture in Tokyo

Thomas Piketty, French economist and author of the bestseller "Capital in the Twenty-First Century," gives a lecture in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Thomas Piketty in Tokyo

Thomas Piketty in Tokyo

French economist Thomas Piketty, the author of the best-selling book "Capital in the Twenty-First Century," holds a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Copies of French author's bestseller piled up at Tokyo bookstore

Copies of French author's bestseller piled up at Tokyo bookstore

Copies of the Japanese version of French economist Thomas Piketty's bestselling "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" and related books are piled up at a Tokyo bookstore on Jan. 16, 2015. The book sold about 130,000 copies in a month through mid-January, becoming a rare hit for a book with difficult content. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo