Das Kapital, I think, is very difficult to read, and for me, it was not very influential.

I don't think there is any serious evidence that we need to be paying people more than 100 times the average wage in order to get high-performing managers.

Without precisely defined sources, methods, and concepts, it is possible to see absolutely everything and its opposite.

Our modern democratic ideal is based on the hope that inequalities will be based on merit more than inheritance or luck.

No hypocrisy is too great when economic and financial elites are obliged to defend their interest.

I am not political. It is not my job. But I would be happy if politicians could read my work and draw some conclusions from it.

Das Kapital, I think, is very difficult to read, and for me, it was not very influential.