Should Comparative Economics Still Exist?
Branko Milanovic asks whether we should continue to teach comparative economic systems to broaden students’ horizons, or if the global ubiquity of capitalism renders such historical study obsolete.
How to Control the Increase of Income Inequality Due to New Technologies?
New technologies drive inequality by concentrating capital income. Three policy approaches can help spread ownership and moderate disparities.
The Ideology of Donald J. Trump
Trump’s ideology blends mercantilism, profit-driven capitalism, anti-immigration stances, and nationalist anti-imperialism.
Global income inequality: time to revise the elephant
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 charts the fall and fall of the organisation tasked with preserving world peace.
China to the rescue?
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
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
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 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 argues that ‘socialism with Chinese characteristics’ is replicating United States inequalities.
Towards global progressiveness
Branko Milanovic sets out an agenda for global progressives in the 21st century.
The marginalisation of Africa
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 warns that the post-pandemic world could see further polarisation in a now global labour market.
A time to celebrate … or worry?
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
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 argues that ‘stop the world, we want to get off’ is no basis for a revival of progressive politics.