Branko Milanovic

@BrankoMilan

1) Income inequality; 2) Politics; 3) History; 4) Soccer. Author of "Global inequality" (2016), and "Capitalism, Alone" (2019).

Graduate Center CUNY, Stone Center on Socio-economic Inequality, New York
Joined December 2012

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    "The national revolution meant political independence. The social revolution meant abolishment of feudal growth-inhibiting institutions (power of usurious landlords, labor tied to land, gender discrimination, lack of access to education by the poor, religious turpitude etc.). "

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    9 hours ago

    Great! Come to our lecture with in a few weeks where he will be introducing his exciting new book!

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    4 hours ago

    NEW: Book review at BRAVE NEW EUROPE Capitalism, Alone by Branko Milanović Without a doubt an intriguing book. What I most value about Milanović is his willingness to follow his intuition to open up new aspects of political discussion.

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  5. 6 hours ago

    Short of a war, it is difficult to see how US-Russian relations can be worse which does not stop US liberals to claim that Trump is Putin's agent or puppet.

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    “A brilliant sequel to the pathbreaking Global Inequality. Drawing on original research and a typically wide sweep of history, Branko Milanovic poses all the important questions about our future.”—Gordon Brown

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    7 hours ago

    My today's post brings together several, somewhat less prominent, themes from "Capitalism, Alone".

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  8. 10 hours ago

    The day is today.

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  9. 10 hours ago

    Great review of "Capitalism, Alone" by 's Mathew Rose, taking the reader to a tour through the entire book & pointing out things with which he agrees and also disagrees.

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    10 hours ago

    Ein paar Eindrücke der gestrigen Eröffnungsveranstaltung zur : Unsere Moderatorin Elisabeth von Thadden, Professor Hartmut Rosa, -Aktivistin Julia Kaiser und unser Keynote-Sprecher .

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  13. 18 hours ago

    Moreover, if that's the argument, then neither Poland, nor Hungary, nor GDR were communist countries because the ruling party was not called communist. You cannot have it both ways.

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  14. 18 hours ago

    When I show that, by numbers, China is a capitalist country (see Ch3 of "C,A") the counter-argument is invariably that the ruling party is called communist. But since when are we to decide on the nature of a system not from the facts but from the name of a party?

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    21 hours ago

    Acá se aprecia el dilema que afrontan lo salvadoreños y otros países con alta emigración y alta desigualdad: Entre soñar y moverse en la distribución local o moverse de país para mejorar sus ingresos. Visualización con datos de

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    22 hours ago

    Muy buena herramienta basada en el trabajo de que permite visualizar la distribución del ingreso nacional y donde cada país se Ubica en la distribución global. Learn about global income inequality through an interactive visualization

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    Sep 23

    Explaining the “Elephant chart” through role play (in the first year induction). Roles from left to right: 1. Low-skilled in Tanzania 2. Low-skilled in China 3. High-skilled in India 4. Low-skilled in UK 5. High-skilled in UK

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    Sep 22

    Don’t let them tell you it can’t be done... “Roman Wealth and Wealth Inequality in Comparative Perspective”

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