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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 02:10 UTC

Tag: Legion d'Honneur

  • Saturday, January 3rd 2015 - 06:54 UTC

    Top French economist refused to accept the Legion d'Honneur

    “I refuse this nomination because I do not think it is the government's role to decide who is honorable,” Piketty said.

    France's influential economist Thomas Piketty, author of the bestseller “Capital in the 21st Century”, refused to accept the country's highest award, the Legion d'Honneur, arguing it is not the government's job to decide who is honorable and criticizing policies of the current Socialist administration.