The Legion of Honour in 5 questions – The World

Le Monde | 02/01/2015 at 13:20 • Updated 02/01/2015 at 13:27 | By Maxime Vaudano The economist Thomas Piketty broke Thursday 1 st January the routine of traditional promotion beginning of the year the Legion of Honour by refusing his appointment as a knight, saying not “The role of a government to decide who is honorable” . A refusal by no means new, has again placed