Branko Milanovic: If you want to be rich, you’d better be born in, or emigrate to a rich country

Attempts to isolate Russia over Ukraine with sanctions that are ultimately hurting the global economy aren’t having the desired impact. Read Here Photo: Wikimedia Commons

An analysis of Germany’s current economic downturn. Where it came from and where it is going. Read HERE Photo: Kalligraf licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International

Following the 1990s post-reunification period and since the beginning of monetary union, Germany’s current account has grown substantially. In the crisis years, Germany’s lost about 15 percentage points of GDP in its external investments, but […]