Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His new book, The Visions of inequality, was published October 10, 2023. Cross-posed from Branko Milanović’s blog Global Inequality and More 3.0 A work of the U.S. [...]
The worst will never happen until it does. We live in a just-in-time society, whereas we used to live in a just-in-case one. Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Photo: National Archives [...]
The nature of imperialism is the unequal exchange of value, not a savings-consumption imbalance. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Robert’s Blog Photo licensed under [...]
Once again an antidote to the daily war propaganda we are being fed by Western state and corporate media of the Epstein Class Larry C. Johnson is a former CIA officer and intelligence analyst, and [...]
Oil-rich and with limited exposure to international money markets, both Iran and Russia know how to manage war/proxy-war with the political West. Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic Service from 1999 [...]
The primary mandate of central banks is to prevent price inflation, but interest rates are a blunt tool to achieve this. Alec Haglund joined Positive Money in 2024 as a Senior Researcher. Alec holds a [...]
Like in Hungary, a new party has emerged to dominate Bulgarian politics on an anti-corruption ticket, but it’s not clear that ‘Progressive Bulgaria’ has a serious reform agenda for the southern Balkans country. Dr Emilia [...]
France appears to be trying to re-position itself in Africa, but social movements want rid of ‘Francafrique’ for good. Cross-posted from Other News Picture by Rosss From May 11–12, 2026, Kenya is set to host [...]
Book Review by Branko Milanović Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian’s The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform is a book about how China transformed itself between the Great Leap Forward and the early [...]
