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Following on from his previous post, Branko Milanovic further explores the difficulty of comparing wealth over the ages and across societies.
A few days ago I…
Branko Milanovic explores the difficulty of comparing wealth over the ages and across societies.
It seems obvious. Let me start with the definitions that economists who work on…
What was Brexit all about? What will its most likely consequences for UK, EU, and the world economy at large? Renowned British economist Malcolm Sawyer, Emeritus Proferssor of…
Branko Milanovic explores three ways capitalism may be transcended.
After the crisis of 2007-8, capitalism has entered among some parts of the public opinion into an…
Cornelius Adebahr calls for a more proactive EU.
Teheran’s decision to abandon the uranium enrichment limits set in Iran nuclear deal put Europeans in a bind. They couldn’t leave…
We live in turbulent times. The world is in the midst of a geopolitical transition marked once again by imperial rivalries and the emergence of dangerous peripheral forces, all…
Richard McGregor’s Asia’s Reckoning: China, Japan and the Fate of US Power in the Pacific Century has, according to the numerous blurbs on the cover and comments on the Amazon,…
Branko Milanovic reviews Francis Fukuyama’s Political Order and Political Decay.
I have reviewed Francis Fukuyama’s The Origins of Political Order (OPO)…
Branko Milanovic explores what connects the wave of protests sweeping the world.
“The specter is haunting [the world]. The specter of … [what?]". While Marx and other…
Cornelius Adebahr reflects on America’s political polarization and what it may mean for the future.
Political and societal polarization in the United States is palpable. I visited…