AUTHOR'S BIO
Branko Milanovic
Branko Milanovic is an economist with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His most recent book is Worlds Apart: Measuring International and Global Inequality.
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Globalization’s Assassin
Branko Milanovic Series: Frontiers of Growth 2006-07-19The world’s first wave of economic globalization, led by the British Empire in the nineteenth century, came to an end literally with a bang on a Sunday afternoon in 1914, when Gavrilo Princip killed (with two uncannily well-aimed bullets) Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. The years that followed witnessed pan-European carnage, instability throughout the 1920’s, and the rise of fascism and communism, culminating in the death of countless millions during World War II. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 24198
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Learning Globalization From Football
Branko Milanovic Series: Frontiers of Growth 2006-02-06Football is not only the world’s most popular sport, but also probably its most globalized profession. It is inconceivable that Brazilian, Cameroonian, or Japanese doctors, computer scientists, blue-collar workers, or bank tellers could move from one country to another as easily as Brazilian, Cameroonian, or Japanese football players do. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 42316
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An Inequality Tax
Branko Milanovic Series: Frontiers of Growth 2005-10-25The economic booms in China and India have helped to reduce global inequality. Over the two last decades, masses of Indians and Chinese have closed the gap (in relative terms) with the rich world.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 26157
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The Two Faces of Globalization
Branko Milanovic Series: Human Rights 2003-12-16Why do popular and elite perceptions of globalization clash? People in the rich world think globalization resembles an implacably malignant force that snatches away well paying jobs and sends them to faraway places; people in developing countries think it ushers in a self-obsessed consumerist ethic on a train of corrupt privatization and environmental destruction. Elites dismiss their opponents as empty-headed populists, and are accused, in turn, of being out of touch with the concerns of ordinary people. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 15293
