トマ・ピケティ（Thomas Piketty、1971–） 経済学者。パリ経済学校教授。専門は所得・資産格差、公共経済学、経済史で、税制や富の分配に関する歴史的データを用いた研究で世界的に知られる。長期的な経済統計をもとに資本と格差の関係を分析し、現代の不平等をめぐる議論に大きな影響を与えてきた。代表作『21世紀の資本』（原題: "Capital in the Twenty-First Century"）は、18世紀以降の膨大なデータをもとに資本と所得格差の長期的な変化を分析し、世界的な議論を呼んだ経済書である。
Thomas Piketty (born 1971) is a French economist and Professor at the Paris School of Economics. Specializing in income and wealth inequality, public economics, and economic history, he is renowned for his extensive use of historical data to study the distribution of wealth and its implications for society. His research has profoundly influenced global debates on inequality, taxation, and economic policy. His best-known book, "Capital in the Twenty-First Century," analyzes centuries of data on wealth and income to explain the dynamics of inequality and its consequences for modern economies.
