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Branko Milanovic explores the impact and importance of Nassim Nicholas Taleb's work.
Several weeks ago on Twitter I wrote (in an obviously very short form) why I thought…
As digital currencies make headlines in Davos, Juergen Braunstein, Marion Laboure and Clara Voluntiru explore their possible futures.
The speed in recent…
Branko Milanovic explores what may be on and off the table at Davos.
You will find me eager to help you, but slow to take any step.
Euripides, Hecuba
Thousands of people will…
Branko Milanovic how China’s rise might affect the international political order?
“When China Rules the World” (no question mark or conditional tense) by Martin Jacques is a large…
New GP Columnist Scott Montgomery explores the controversial choice presented by frac technology.
I‘m beginning this column with a provocative discussion of a controversial…
Branko Milanovic sketches a reformulated version of Schumpeter’s theory imperialism.
Recently Thomas Hauner, Suresh Naidu and I published the draft of a joint piece (…
Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future. Paul Mason. Allen Lane. 2015. ISBN-10: 1846147387. 368 pages.
It is an immensely ambitious book. In less than 300 pages, Paul…
It might seem odd to have viewed Darkest Hour and Padmaavat on the same day, and even more odd to then reflect on regional and global politics and international differences. But…
Branko Milanovic explores the future of global inequality and the questions it poses for Western societies.
There is perhaps no better short-hand description of the economic…
Brian Stoddart explores New Zealand's recent elections.
A tiny outpost slightly north of Antarctica, New Zealand is long renowned as a social laboratory. In 1893 it became the…