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This is part of a forthcoming Global Policy e-book on modern slavery. Contributions from leading experts highlighting practical and theoretical issues surrounding the persistence …
Scott Montgomery argues that SCOTUS is "a true" example of the American “deep state” and examines where it might turn its gaze next.
It was a quiet fourth of July…
Brian Stoddart puts recent Australian attacks on New Zealand’s internationally popular Prime Minister into a global context.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is now…
The capitalist world economy is facing major challenges today: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused damage to most economies around the world, skyrocketing inflation is…
Branko Milanovic compares and contrast the two juggernauts of economics theory.
This short piece is stimulated by my recent reading of the French translation of Joan Robinson’s…
An NPR/Ipsos poll released in January revealed that the overwhelming majority of Americans believe that U.S. democracy is “in crisis and at risk of failing.” What the poll…
Branko Milanovic argues that climate activists and policymakers need to craft futures that are acceptable to populations in rich countries, even if they should bear the cost more…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a godsend for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which had been declared “brain dead” by French President Emmanuel Macron as recently…
The war in Ukraine is now in its fourth month, but there is no sign of a ceasefire or resolution anywhere in sight. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ruled out a…
Branko Milanovic argues that the West may well be responding to Russia's aggression in Ukraine in the way Putin wants.
By any standard indicator that measures the achievements by…