Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives
The huge COVID-19 vaccine supply gap between rich and poor countries exposes the deadly problem of intellectual property (IP) rights and the dangerous monopoly power of Big Pharma…
Great power competition has emerged as a key priority for U.S. foreign policy under the Biden administration. In fact, we may be already at the start of a new New Cold War,…
Branko Milanovic with a useful primer on the persistent problem.
1. What is global inequality?
Global inequality is inequality between all citizens of the world. It…
This is part of PERI's economist interview series, hosted by GP Columnist C.J. Polychroniou.
C.J. Polychroniou: You studied economics as an undergraduate student in Burundi,…
Branko Milanovic explores how two authors (Marx and Tocqueville) that start from almost opposite personal and ideological positions can have similar diagnosis of inequality and…
C. J. Polychroniou argues that we must keep alive the memory of, and draw strength and inspiration from, the accomplishments of the labor movement.
May Day is celebrated in…
Bill Gates has published an important book on an urgent topic, How to Avoid Climate Disaster. It’s mostly about energy, as it needs to be, so I want to discuss it.
The book…
Amrita Narlikar explores the advantages and disadvantages of two competing narratives - to resuscitate and reinforce, or to restructure - on the future of…
With events moving fast, Branko Milanovic on the commodification of everything.
I should feel happy. I got it right. The entire Chapter 5 of “Capitalism, Alone” …
C. J. Polychroniou looks at the evidence and wonders if our leaders' ever consider that capitalism is at the core of what’s causing life on Earth to vanish.
The theme of…