Интервью с Тома Пикетти: «Можно выгнать историю в дверь, но она немедленно вернётся через окно»

Экономическая социология. 2016. Т. 17. № 1. С. 13–21.

Kirtchik O. I.

Translator: Kirtchik O. I.

In the interview, Prof. Piketty expressed his skepticism about economists’ tendencies toward using formal models. Early on, he recognized the limits of an economic approach that was applied in ignorance of history. This profoundly affected his future academic career. He admits that his successful research on inequality was possible only in cooperation with other social disciplines.

In addition, Prof. Piketty talked about main ideas of his book Capital in the Twenty-First Century and its

restrictions. In particular, he pointed out that there has been insufficient attention toward economic growth.

In his opinion, in order to explain economic growth, one should take into account historical perspective and

analyze government’s policies toward public education and the health system. The French economist also

noted his intention to reconcile Karl Marx and Pierre Bourdieu’s conflicting views on a relationship between

economic and cultural forms of inequality.

Keywords: история экономики, методология экономики, социально-экономическое неравенство, economic history, economic methodology, history of social sciences, skills inequality, Thomas Piketty, история социальных наук