Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

27 June 2022
Branko Milanovic argues that climate activists and policymakers need to craft futures that are acceptable to populations in rich countries, even if they should bear the cost more…
16 June 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a godsend for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which had been declared “brain dead” by French President Emmanuel Macron as recently…
08 June 2022
The war in Ukraine is now in its fourth month, but there is no sign of a ceasefire or resolution anywhere in sight. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ruled out a…
07 June 2022
Branko Milanovic argues that the West may well be responding to Russia's aggression in Ukraine in the way Putin wants. By any standard indicator that measures the achievements by…
01 June 2022
A friend of mine who lives in San Antonio sent me this leaflet, which has been placed on car windshields at many malls and is being displayed on the websites of gun stores, gun…
30 May 2022
Although the war in Ukraine has put climate action on the back burner for many policy makers, the global climate crisis is spinning out of control. Various climate records …
26 May 2022
Sen, Amartya. Home in the World: A Memoir, Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN: 9781846144868. No contemporary famous economist has as broad interests and knowledge, nor as diverse life…
20 May 2022
My new book, America’s Two Cold Wars: From Hegemony to Decline?, compares the US Cold War with the Soviet Union with its emerging one with China. Two basic questions are posed:…
19 May 2022
The 18-year-old white supremacist who travelled to Buffalo to shoot Black shoppers at the local supermarket didn’t only target the 10 Black people whom he killed. His hate-filled…
18 May 2022
Branko Milanovic explores the tricky economic decisions facing Russia as it is increasingly globally isolated.   In the next decade or so, the history of economic policy…