Branko Milanovic reviews Francis Fukuyama’s The Origins of Political Order.

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How do you write about a book that is almost 600 pages long (in small print), has 25 pages of references, and the ambition to explain political institutions from the dawn of mankind to the French Revolution, from kinship-based bands of hunters to Voltaire? This was Francis Fukuyama’s objective in this monumental (yet eminently readable) book, “The Origins of PoliticalOrder” (note the plural).My review, given the size and importance of the book, will be done in two parts, First, here, I will review the logic of the arguments put forward by Fukuyama. In the second review, I will engage into some critique.... Global InequalityA Grand Fresco: The Origins of Political OrderFrancis Fukuyama against mainstream economics Branko Milanovic | Visiting Presidential Professor at City University of

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