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Labour Party conference: Piketty injects Capital into Corbynomics
Best-selling writer joins shadow chancellor’s economic advisory team
FRENCH economic superstar Thomas Piketty has joined Labour as an economics adviser, vowing to “expose austerity.”
The Capital in the 21st Century author is the biggest coup for the new six-strong gender-balanced economics advisory committee unveiled by Labour yesterday. Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has also been recruited by shadow chancellor John McDonnell to help him set out a credible alternative to austerity.
The willingness of globally renowned economists to advise Labour is a major boost to Mr McDonnell ahead of his conference speech today.
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