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This is the text of the interview given to Sega Newspaper at the occasion of the publication of “Capitalism, Alone” in Bulgarian. The text in Bulgarian is here.
1. How do you…
Despite specialized press coverage, little is known about the potential socioeconomic implications of financial decentralization. In this column, Marion Laboure and Juergen…
Branko Milanovic dissects the cultural roots of the West's response to COVID-19 and compares them to experiences in East Asian countries.
In October 2019, Johns…
What is Trump after with his legal challenges of a “rigged and stolen” election? Can he really hope for a legislative coup? Is the contemporary United States a country…
Cornelius Adebahr argues that a return to an old, pre-Trump, transatlantic mindset will not adequate to address contemporary global policy challenges.
Even though the…
Branko Milanovic on the lessons we should learn from the Trump era.
Now as Trump is being made ready to enter history, many publications are reviewing his presidency, as…
This is a short, less than 700 words, piece that “Globe and Mail” asked me to write about the forthcoming US election. They got what they apparently did not expect and wanted me…
Markovits, D. (2019) The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite. Penguin Random House. …
Scott Montgomery on why autocrats fear scientific knowledge and expertise.
A hidden but heated theme in this election and Supreme Court hearing season, the most important in many…
Branko Milanovic argues that, in some cases, literature can help shed light on how inequality was historically understood and felt.
Can we use literature to learn more about…