Thomas Piketty to advise Spain's anti-austerity party Podemos

French economist to join an international committee of experts advising the party on economic policy ahead of general election

The French economist Thomas Piketty, famous for his controversial book on wealth and inequality, is to advise Spain’s anti-austerity party Podemos.

The author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century has agreed to join an international committee of experts that will advise Podemos on its economic programme as the party prepares to fight its first general election in December.

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