Visions of Inequality: From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War
In this webinar, Prof. Branko Milanovic will present an overview of his latest book, “Visions of Inequality – From the French Revolution to the end of the Cold War.” The talk will delve into how income distribution has been perceived throughout the ages by six of the world’s most influential economists. The question as to why inequality studies were eclipsed during the Cold War, before their remarkable resurgence as a central preoccupation in economics today, will be also covered.
The presenter, Professor Branko Milanovic is a senior scholar at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality at CUNY. He obtained his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Belgrade with a dissertation on income inequality in Yugoslavia. He served as lead economist in World Bank Research Department for almost 20 years and as a senior associate at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington from 2003 to 2005. He has held teaching appointments at the University of Maryland (2007-2013) and at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University (1997-2007).
His book, The Haves and the Have-nots (2011) was selected by The Globalist as the 2011 Book of the Year. His book Global Inequality (2016) was awarded the Bruno Kreisky Prize for the best political book of 2016 and the Hans Matthöfer Prize in 2018. It was translated into sixteen languages.
In March 2018, Professor Milanovic was awarded (jointly with Mariana Mazzucato) the 2018 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Knowledge.
Date: Thursday, October 17, 2024
Time: 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM ET
Location: ONLINE via Zoom
Note: The link to join on Zoom, along with the Meeting ID and Passcode, will be provided via email the day of the session.