The Wealthiest Are Getting Wealthier Three Times Faster Than Any Other Group

The denizens of Forbes' 400 Rich List and Billionaire's Row would have been ecstatic yesterday when French economist Thomas Piketty, much-heralded author of " Capital in the Twenty-First Century" made his debut at the Kennedy School of Government to a standing room crowd including Harvard faculty members and local investment managers, the entire affair  introduced with  splendid reverence by former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.