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Branko Milanovic on Jason Hickel's important considerations for those interested in long-term global poverty rates.
I became somewhat peripherally involved in the…
With the climate change challenge growing more acute with every passing year, the need for the adoption of a new political economy that would tackle effectively both the…
Branko Milanovic on Marxism's religion-like ability to address fear.
A couple of days ago, I was writing a part of my forthcoming book (with the provisional, and not…
A quick glance around the world today reveals that politics almost everywhere — from the federal government shutdown in the US to the power struggle in Venezuela and from Macron’s…
Branko Milanovic on why orderly states often tolerate vice.
When you travel from a less orderly country (which is practically every country in the world save Singapore…
Branko Milanovic looks at Russia's past to explore its possible economic futures.
Today I participated in a nice web-based program started by the Central Bank of Russia (it…
GP Columnist Cornelius Adebahr on India's embrace of the loosening of Western dominance.
With political commentators in Europe busy stressing the critical…
Branko Milanovic reflects on Marx's contributions to the study of inequality.
Yesterday I had a conversation about my work, about how and why I started studying inequality…
Is capitalism on the brink of joining the dustbin of history? And what would a post-capitalist society and a sustainable economy look like?
Since the onset of the Industrial…
Branko Milanovic provides his thoughts on France's recent woes.
Because I am suffering from insomnia (due to the jetlag) I decided to write down, in the middle of the night…