Do the world’s poorest 1.3 billion people earn more income than the richest 1% of Americans?
Branko Milanovic
The Real Winners and Losers of Globalization

Globalization has radically changed global income dynamics. So who has won and who has lost?
Adam Smiths of Capital, Friedrich Lists of Labor
Why do people who consider themselves pro-free market take radically different positions on the mobility of capital and labor?
Ending the Rich-World Bias in Global Economic Statistics
The current economic crisis is called the “global financial crisis.” But is the term “global” justified?
Who Was the Richest Person Ever?
Marcus Crassus, John D. Rockefeller, Carlos Slim, Mikhail Khodorovsky — who’s the richest of them all?