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French economist
Thomas Piketty, the French economist famous for his work on wealth inequality, appears in the Epstein documents exclusively as a reference point in discussions about wealth concentration and inheritance, not as someone connected to Epstein's activities.
Piketty is mentioned in a 2016 New York Magazine article about Epstein that was forwarded in emails and appears in multiple copies throughout the document collection. The article quotes Epstein discussing wealth inequality, with Epstein claiming to both echo and disagree with Piketty's theories from "Capital in the Twenty-First Century." Piketty himself is not a participant in any communications and has no direct connection to Epstein—his name appears only as an intellectual reference point in journalism about Epstein's views on wealth. Two additional mentions reference Piketty's academic work on national accounts data in unrelated economic documents.
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te-like terms backwards, as in who has gotten it, but forwards to where it will go and who will get it.” Epstein can find himself echoing aspects of Thomas Piketty on the inequities of the accumulation of wealth (“the divide is between people with assets, which appreciate, and people without assets, who fail to
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022708 →vance—that 1s, of course, the miracle of compounded interest’’), except for the fact that Epstein, knowing the rich, understands a curious point that Piketty doesn’t: “Nobody, nobody, wants to give it all to their children. Everybody now has the modern appreciation that one of the curses of great wealth is
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e-like terms backwards, as in who has gotten it, but forwards to where it will go and who will get it." Epstein can find himself echoing aspects of Thomas Piketty on the inequities of the accumulation of wealth ("the divide is between people with assets, which appreciate, and people without assets, who fail t
ance—that is, of course, the miracle of compounded interest"), except for the fact that Epstein, knowing the rich, understands a curious point that Piketty doesn't: "Nobody, nobody, wants to give it all to their children. Everybody now has the modern appreciation that one of the curses of great wealth
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ail to advance—that is, of course, the miracle of compounded interest”), except for the fact that Epstein, knowing the rich, understands a point that Piketty doesn’t: “Nobody, nobody, wants to give it all to their children. Everybody now has the modern appreciation that one of the curses of great wealth is
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inequality remains a huge issue -- and as Thomas Piketty's recent tome has famously demonstrated, the degr
Ethiopia and other developing nations. Technology is transforming the world in amazing ways, but economic inequality remains a huge issue -- and as Thomas Piketty's recent tome has famously demonstrated, the degree of inequality is generally increasing EFTA00693916 around the world, for reasons basic to the st
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ead "big ideas' book with the potential to rival Thomas Piketty's Capital and the works of Yuval Noah Harari in
g ideas' book with the potential to rival Thomas Piketty's Capital and the works of Yuval Noah Harari in
te-like terms backwards, as in who has gotten it, but forwards to where it will go and who will get it.” Epstein can find himself echoing aspects of Thomas Piketty on the inequities of the accumulation of wealth (“the divide is between people with assets, which appreciate, and people without assets, who fail to
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022845 →dvance—that is, of course, the miracle of compounded interest”), except for the fact that Epstein, knowing the rich, understands a curious point that Piketty doesn’t: “Nobody, nobody, wants to give it all to their children. Everybody now has the modern appreciation that one of the curses of great wealth is
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is concentration of household income follows a long period in which income concentration remained relatively flat. Using U.S. tax returns, economists Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez found that income concentration dropped dramatically following both World Wars and was roughly unchanged for the next few decades (
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025767 →ogical innovation that broadened their reach across global markets and a "winner take all" phenomenon. Another "superstar" is the "super managers." Piketty argues that the "primary reason for increased income inequality in recent decades is the rise of the super managers in both the financial and nonfina
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te-like terms backwards, as in who has gotten it, but forwards to where it will go and who will get it.” Epstein can find himself echoing aspects of Thomas Piketty on the inequities of the accumulation of wealth (“the divide is between people with assets, which appreciate, and people without assets, who fail to
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022865 →ail to advance—that is, of course, the miracle of compounded interest”), except for the fact that Epstein, knowing the rich, understands a point that Piketty doesn’t: “Nobody, nobody, wants to give it all to their children. Everybody now has the modern appreciation that one of the curses of great wealth is
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022865 →vance— that is, of course, the miracle of compounded interest”), except for the fact that Epstein, knowing the rich, understands a curious point that Piketty doesn’t: “Nobody, nobody, wants to give it all to their children. Everybody now has the modern appreciation that one of the curses of great wealth is
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e-like terms backwards, as in who has gotten it, but forwards to where it will go and who will get it." Epstein can find himself echoing aspects of Thomas Piketty on the inequities of the accumulation of wealth ("the divide is between people with assets, which appreciate, and people without assets, who fail t
ance— that is, of course, the miracle of compounded interest"), except for the fact that Epstein, knowing the rich, understands a curious point that Piketty doesn't: "Nobody, nobody, wants to give it all to their children. Everybody now has the modern appreciation that one of the curses of great wealth
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ealth. . The economists Emmanuel Saez and Thomas Piketty found that 93 percent of the income gains from th
of Europe grew, the city continued to shrink. Today in America we see this same type of concentration of wealth. . The economists Emmanuel Saez and Thomas Piketty found that 93 percent of the income gains from the 2009-10 recovery went to the top 1 percent of taxpayers. The top 0.01 percent captured 37 percent
e- like terms backwards, as in who has gotten it, but forwards to where it will go and who will get it.” Epstein can find himself echoing aspects of Thomas Piketty on the inequities of the accumulation of wealth (“the divide is between people with assets, which appreciate, and people without assets, who fail to
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022953 →vance— that is, of course, the miracle of compounded interest”), except for the fact that Epstein, knowing the rich, understands a curious point that Piketty doesn’t: “Nobody, nobody, wants to give it to their children. Everybody now has the modern appreciation that one of the curses of great wealth is tha
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022953 →vance— that is, of course, the miracle of compounded interest”), except for the fact that Epstein, knowing the rich, understands a curious point that Piketty doesn’t: “Nobody, nobody, wants to give it all to their children. Everybody now has the modern appreciation that one of the curses of great wealth is
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e- like terms backwards, as in who has gotten it, but forwards to where it will go and who will get it.” Epstein can find himself echoing aspects of Thomas Piketty on the inequities of the accumulation of wealth (“the divide is between people with assets, which appreciate, and people without assets, who fail to
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023628 →il to advance—that is, of course, the miracle of compounded interest’’), except for the fact that Epstein, knowing the rich, understands a point that Piketty doesn’t: “Nobody, nobody, of the hyperwealthy wants to give it all to their children. Everybody now has the modern appreciation that one of the curse
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t cherry-picked to support Mill’s idea. They are all | have found. My source for national accounts including market-valued capital was the website of Thomas Piketty and Gabriel Zucman adjusting their data to uniform accounting standards and measuring them in 2010 currency units. It also collects recent and past r
in the 1920s and reorganized them along Keynesian lines when the General Theory was published, reconstructed them back to 1870 for the U.S. economy. Piketty and Zucman incorporate this research and others. They have acted as editors only. As a layman, I would hardly be qualified to find and interpret orig

Jeffrey Epstein
PersonAmerican sex offender and financier (1953–2019)

George W. Bush
PersonPresident of the United States from 2001 to 2009

Ghislaine Maxwell
PersonBritish socialite and sex trafficker, daughter of Robert Maxwell, accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein

Marc Rich
PersonAmerican commodities trader (1934–2013)

Prince Charles
PersonKing of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms since 2022 (born 1948)

Bradley Edwards
PersonAmerican attorney who represented Epstein victims, author of Relentless Pursuit

Prince Andrew
PersonThird child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)

John F. Kennedy
PersonPresident of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)

Donald Trump
PersonPresident of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present)

Bill Clinton
PersonPresident of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)

Julie K. Brown
PersonAmerican journalist

Barack Obama
PersonPresident of the United States from 2009 to 2017

Alan Dershowitz
PersonAmerican lawyer, author, and art collector (born 1938)

New York
LocationMost populous city in the United States

Vladimir Putin
Person2nd and 4th President of Russia (2000-2008, 2012-present), 7th and 11th Prime Minister of Russia (1999-2000, 2008-2012), Director of the Federal Security Service (1998-1999) and Deputy Mayor of Saint Petersburg (1994-1996)

Virginia Giuffre
PersonAdvocate for sex trafficking victims (1983–2025)

United States
LocationCountry located primarily in North America
Leon Black
PersonAmerican billionaire businessman (born 1951)

Reid Weingarten
PersonAmerican white-collar criminal defense attorney at Steptoe & Johnson, represented Jeffrey Epstein and other high-profile clients

Al Gore
PersonVice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)