{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Globalization and the New Geography of Inequality with Branko Milanovi\u0107","description":"Economist, professor and author Branko Milanovi\u0107 joins host Sanjay Ruparelia to discuss global economic inequality, the impact of globalization and the role of migration in addressing inequality.   _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Show Notes: Host Sanjay Ruparelia speaks with economist Branko Milanovi\u0107 about the structural forces driving economic inequality around the world. Milanovi\u0107 explains how globalization has narrowed income gaps between countries while widening them within nations. He reflects on the political consequences of these shifts, including the rise of plutocracies and the erosion of middle-class stability. The conversation explores proposals to reduce inequality\u2014such as pre-distribution policies, changes to taxation, and rethinking access to education. It also examines the dilemmas surrounding global migration and the idea of the \u201ccitizenship premium.\u201d Host: Sanjay Ruparelia, Jarislowsky Democracy Chair and Associate Professor of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University. Guest: Branko Milanovi\u0107, a leading scholar of global economic inequality. Milanovi\u0107 is a research professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and a senior fellow at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality. He previously served as lead economist in the World Bank\u2019s research department and has taught at institutions including the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University. His books include Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization (2016), Capitalism, Alone (2019), and most recently, Visions of Inequality: From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War (2023). In 2018, he received the Leontief Prize for his work on measuring global income inequality.  Background Reading:  Branko Milanovi\u0107\u2019s Visions of Inequality: From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War   ","author_name":"On the Frontlines of Democracy","author_url":"https:\/\/www.jarislowskydemocracychair.ca\/frontlines-of-democracy","html":"