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Among those who have read Marx, it is well known that Marx was rather indifferent to the issue of inequality under capitalism. Among those who have not read him, but know the left…
Consumer prices in 2021 rose 7 percent over the past year, making this the largest rise in consumer prices over a 12-month period since 1982. Why are prices rising, especially…
The decarbonization ideals underlying the Green New Deal provide the only realistic way to halt global warming and build a sustainable, resilient, and equitable future.…
GP Columnist Scott L. Montgomery argues that young people have an opportunity to play the leading role in reverting the USA’s democratic backslide.
It seems time that two vital…
Branko Milanovic explores rich and poor countries’ frequently differing attitudes to lockdowns and deaths.
Every decision to impose a lockdown in a pandemic is a decision to…
I will try to imitate my colleague @milescorak who nicely summarized his work and readings in 2021.
Most of my work was on my forthcoming book “Through the lens of inequality…
Branko Milanovic on the former Yugoslavia's private sector Christmases.
A week ago, a friend asked me how was Christmas when I was growing up in Yugoslavia, in the 1960s. I…
Localization offers the means to return to a real and stable economy not based on speculation, exploitation and debt.
Is there a viable alternative to the economic, social,…
Scott Montgomery offers a questioning homage to the evolutionist E.O. Wilson who died on December 27th 2021.
On a glowing October day in 1976, I attended a talk by…
C. J. Polychroniou argues that the global spread of authoritarian populism and undermining of democracy is intimately connected to neoliberalism.
For stark evidence that…