Mark Mazower’s “Hitler’s Empire: How the Nazis Ruled Europe” is a magisterial book.
Branko Milanovic
Branko Milanovic is the Presidential Professor at the City University of New York's Graduate Center, and Senior Scholar at Luxembourg Income Survey.
Migration Vs. the Welfare State?
A self-fulfilling prophecy of failure: Welfare states attract a lot of unskilled migrants who fail to assimilate. A political disaster is looming.
Trump: The West’s Gorbachev?
Will Trump have a similarly devastating effect on democracies that Gorbachev had on Communism?
Can Inequality Be Reduced?
What are the realistic options to tackle the scourge of crass inequality in rich welfare states?
Time to Ditch Rawls?
We now live in a world where liberal democracies, principally the United States, do not affirm the principles of liberalism.
For Whom the Wall Fell? A Balance Sheet of the Transition to Capitalism
Only 1 out of 10 people living in “transition” countries have seen a successful transition to capitalism and more democracy.
The Economic Causes of Migration
After Lampedusa: Should the world be composed of gated communities?
The Balkans: Europe’s Soft Underbelly
Can Europe prosper while ignoring the Balkans? Anyone remember what triggered the first world war?
Inequality and Democratic Capitalism
Was the second half of the 20th century — when capitalism became entwined with democracy, the welfare state and liberalism — just an unusual interlude?
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