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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 and an affiliated senior scholar at the Luxembourg Income Study. He was formerly lead economist in the World Bank’s research department.

Branko Milanovic

The ideology of Donald J. Trump

Branko Milanovic 25th November 2024

Trump’s ideology blends mercantilism, profit-driven capitalism, anti-immigration stances, and nationalist anti-imperialism.

Global income inequality: time to revise the elephant

Branko Milanovic 5th December 2022

New data on inequality show probably the greatest reshuffling of world incomes since the industrial revolution, Branko Milanovic writes.

Does the United Nations still exist?

Branko Milanovic 3rd October 2022

Branko Milanovic charts the fall and fall of the organisation tasked with preserving world peace.

China to the rescue?

Branko Milanovic 27th June 2022

Who could soften the apocalyptic effects of the war in Ukraine on the global south? China could, says Branko Milanovic.

Seizing the assets of Russian oligarchs

Branko Milanovic 25th April 2022

The episode has proved, Branko Milanovic writes, that Russia is not ruled by a few rich men but by a single autocrat.

The beginning of a new globalisation

Branko Milanovic 21st February 2022

This time, Branko Milanovic writes, it is labour—not capital—which will be globalised.

The Summit for Democracy—a wrong idea (for the world)

Branko Milanovic 13th December 2021

Branko Milanovic contends that last week’s US-convened Summit for Democracy could only exacerbate geopolitical divides.

Can Xi Jinping defeat three stubborn modern inequalities?

Branko Milanovic 18th October 2021

Branko Milanovic argues that ‘socialism with Chinese characteristics’ is replicating United States inequalities.

Towards global progressiveness

Branko Milanovic 19th July 2021

Branko Milanovic sets out an agenda for global progressives in the 21st century.

The marginal­isation of Africa

Branko Milanovic 24th May 2021

Branko Milanovic argues African countries are not powerless to influence the global economic debates that marginalise them.

A simul­taneously expanding and shrinking world

Branko Milanovic 29th March 2021

Branko Milanovic warns that the post-pandemic world could see further polarisation in a now global labour market.

A time to celebrate … or worry?

Branko Milanovic 1st February 2021

Branko Milanovic worries that in the new global constellation a second cold war—with China—could be in the offing.

The first global event in the history of humankind

Branko Milanovic 7th December 2020

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

Social democracy in one corner of the world

Branko Milanovic 21st September 2020

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

Bidding for political immortality

Branko Milanovic 13th July 2020

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

America’s unhappy middle

Branko Milanovic 1st June 2020

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

China’s political system and the coronavirus

Branko Milanovic 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.

A great equaliser

Branko Milanovic 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.

Russia’s path toward a better political capitalism

Branko Milanovic 27th January 2020

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

Antifragile states

Branko Milanovic 18th November 2019

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

Weighted voting, revolution and the applause in a concert hall

Branko Milanovic 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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