Economist Attributes Emergence Of ISIS To Income Inequality

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Famed economist and best-selling author Thomas Picketty is stirring controversy by suggesting that the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, is growing stronger due to an income gap which has been widened by the West.

Famed economist and best-selling author Thomas Picketty is stirring controversy by suggesting that the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, is growing stronger due to an income gap which has been widened by the West. 
In fact, according to him, this inequality likely played a part in the attacks on Paris and elsewhere.