France’s rock star economist Thomas Piketty turns down Legion of Honour

Bestselling author spurns country’s highest distinction on grounds that government should not decide who is honourable

French economist Thomas Piketty has spurned the Legion of Honour, the country’s highest distinction, on the grounds that the government should not decide who is honourable.

Piketty, author of the bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century, which has become compulsory reading for world leaders, added: “They’d be better off concentrating on boosting growth in France and Europe.”

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