Thomas Piketty to investigate inequality in new role at LSE

The author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century has been appointed centennial professor at a new institute looking into global inequality

The bestselling French economist Thomas Piketty is to join a new institute investigating global inequality set up by the London School of Economics.

The LSE has announced that the author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century, last year's publishing sensation in the social sciences, has been appointed centennial professor at its International Inequalities Institute (III).