Well well, Pikkety's book has been published internationally in April 2014 (French is not mastered well enough by most people, including European politicians, t

Well well, Pikkety's book has been published internationally in April 2014 (French is not mastered well enough by most people, including European politicians, to take in). It takes a little while longer for something to affect public opinion or policy. Many years, probably. For what it's worth, it is known that Dutch politicians are reading it and have commented about it already.