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About Branko Milanovic

Branko Milanovic is a Serbian-American economist. A development and inequality specialist, he is visiting presidential professor at the Graduate Center of City University of New York (CUNY) and an affiliated senior scholar at the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS). He was formerly lead economist in the World Bank's research department.

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The first global event in the history of humankind

by Branko Milanovic on 7th December 2020

While some talk of ‘deglobalisation’, Branko Milanovic argues that the pandemic will push forward the globalisation of labour.

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Social democracy in one corner of the world

by Branko Milanovic on 21st September 2020

Branko Milanovic argues that ‘stop the world, we want to get off’ is no basis for a revival of progressive politics.

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Bidding for political immortality

by Branko Milanovic on 13th July 2020

Branko Milanovic contends that historic decisions by authoritarian leaders today will leave a legacy nigh impossible to reverse in the future.

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America’s unhappy middle

by Branko Milanovic on 1st June 2020

Branko Milanovic unpacks the malaise of the US middle class and its implications for Democratic strategy towards the presidential election.

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China’s political system and the coronavirus

by Branko Milanovic on 20th April 2020

Branko Milanovic explores how the pandemic has highlighted China’s international responsibility and how such global ‘externalities’ are to be rendered accountable.

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A great equaliser

by Branko Milanovic on 9th March 2020

Branko Milanovic writes that the coronavirus is reminding some of the world’s privileged what it is like to experience its daily stigmas.

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Russia’s path toward a better political capitalism

by Branko Milanovic on 27th January 2020

Branko Milanovic explains the possible thinking behind Vladimir Putin’s recent clouded constitutional announcements.

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Antifragile states

by Branko Milanovic on 18th November 2019

Branko Milanovic explains how globalisation has allowed small states to become major players and big cities to outgrow their nation-states.

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Weighted voting, revolution and the applause in a concert hall

by Branko Milanovic on 29th July 2019

Branko Milanovic argues that, after all the struggles to universalise the franchise, one-person one-vote is not the summit of democracy at all.

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This time is different

by Branko Milanovic on 17th June 2019

Marx once wrote of the temptation, confronted with a new historical situation, to summon up the ‘borrowed language’ of the past. He’s still right.

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Where are the limits of Europe?

by Branko Milanovic on 14th May 2019

For Branko Milanovic the limits of Europe are set by the inequality successive EU enlargements have enhanced.

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The apogee of capitalism and our political malaise

by Branko Milanovic on 25th March 2019

At the heart of the crisis of trust in politics lies the corrosion of public service by the ethos of private gain. There is little doubt that the western world is going through a serious political crisis, which can be best described as a crisis of trust in its political institutions and governments. Two things […]

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Does the European Union generate external instability?

by Branko Milanovic on 5th February 2019

The historic achievement of peace within a Europe of universal norms is belied by the external instability engendered by violent and incoherent interventions. The European Union is justly admired for making war among its members impossible. This is no small achievement in a continent which was in a state of semi-permanent warfare for the past […]

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Migration Into Europe: A Long-Term Solution?

by Branko Milanovic on 19th November 2018

Why has migration become such a big problem? Many reasons can be adduced: the war in Syria, the integration of Eastern Europe, lack of new jobs in many Western countries following the Global Financial Crisis etc. But listing individual reasons is insufficient to understand it and think what to do about it. The origin of […]

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Europe’s Curse Of Wealth

by Branko Milanovic on 6th June 2018

I have already written before (in a tweet) that no one who travels through Western Europe, especially in Summer, can fail to be impressed by the wealth and beauty of the continent as well as by its quality of life. The latter is less obvious in the United States (despite its higher per capita income) […]

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Globalisation, migration, rising inequality, populism…

by Branko Milanovic on 1st December 2017

Why is inequality such a big issue? Why is it so corrosive to societies? I think it became a big issue, because essentially of the crisis. What the crisis did was make people realise that when, for example, their houses were repossessed, or they couldn’t repay the mortgage and so on, actually, they had to […]

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Global Inequality: A New Approach For The Age Of Globalization

by Branko Milanovic on 3rd March 2017

One of the world’s leading inequality economists, Professor Branko Milanovic, presents a bold new account of the dynamics that drive inequality on a global scale. Drawing on vast data sets and cutting-edge research, he explains the benign and malign forces that cause the rise and fall of inequality within and among nations. He also reveals […]

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Understanding Global Inequality

by Branko Milanovic on 6th December 2016

Branko Milanovic, what is your diagnosis of global inequality as it stands and where do we stand in historical terms? Yes, let me start maybe with the historical terms first. Where we stand now is that since around 2000, global inequality has probably declined, and I have to say “probably” because obviously our data are […]

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