We are back! EQUALS Season 9 is officially here.
And we’re starting with a massive question: Is neoliberalism dead?
To answer it, we are thrilled to welcome back one of the world’s greatest economists on inequality and globalization, Branko Milanović, to discuss his ground-breaking latest book, The Great Global Transformation.
In this season premiere, we pull back the curtain on:
The Changing Global Economic Order: Why the old-world order is giving way to a new doctrine of “national market liberalism,” blending market economics with far-right nationalism.
The Extraordinary Concentration of Capital and Income: The shocking underlying data showing how cash income from property is hyper-concentrated in the hands of the few.
The Rise of a New Global Elite (Homopluteia): A look at the unique, workaholic class who are simultaneously rich through capital and highly paid through their labor—and how their strict view on meritocracy shapes modern inequality.
The Hidden Link to International Conflicts: How extreme inequality historically pushes powerful countries toward zero-sum geopolitics and imperial expansion.
We also dive into how artificial intelligence is poised to drastically pivot income inequality, why the economic ideology of the 1990s managed to disguise itself as mere “common sense”, and Branko’s thoughts on establishing an International Panel on Inequality.
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This is Branko’s second appearance on EQUALS. If you missed his first incredible insights, listen to the previous episode here.
Brank is also the author behind the Substack publication Global Inequality and More 3.0
