Democracy will never be supplanted by a republic of experts—and that is a very good thing.

It's important to realize that innovation and growth in itself are not sufficient to moderate inequality of wealth.

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

Wealth is so concentrated that a large segment of society is virtually unaware of its existence.

Contrary to a tenacious myth, France is not owned by California pension funds or the Bank of China, any more than the United States belongs to Japanese and German investors. The fear of getting into such a predicament is so strong today that fantasy often outstrips reality. The reality is that inequality with respect to capital is a far greater domestic issue than it is an international one.

I loved American universities. In many ways, they are better organized - certainly than French universities.

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