Branko Milanovic — Inequality, Imperialism, and the First World War

Summary:
Branko Milanovic on his new paper with Thomas Hauner and Suresh Naidu exploring inequality prior to World War I and providing empirical support for the classical theory of imperialism. ProMarket — The blog of the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessInequality, Imperialism, and the First World WarBranko Milanovic | Visiting Presidential Professor at City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), and formerly lead economist in the World Bank's research department and senior associate at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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Mike Norman considers the following as important: Hobson-Lenin-Luxemburg hypothesis, imperialism, inequality, WWI

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