Branko Milanovic Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Branko Milanović is an economist. 1) Income inequality; 2) Politics; 3) History; 4) Soccer. Author of "Global inequality" and "Capitalism, Alone" (2019). Stone Center, CUNY; LSE, London
Adam Smith's America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism
Glory M. LiuBranko MilanovicMy yesterday's Substack America’s Adam Smith A review of Glory M. Liu’s “Adam Smith’s America” https://t.co/2zxgGKXvo5
Paperback, 2024
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
First World War: An Agrarian Interpretation
Avner OfferBranko MilanovicAvner Offer's “The First World War: An Agrarian Interpretation” is super interesting. It argues that the origins of the war go back to the repeal of the Corn Laws. If you import your food, you need naval power to protect such imports, otherwise you starve. https://t.co/u3pY2chbe9
Paperback, 1991
$99.00$74.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Human Development and the Path to Freedom
Leandro Prados de la EscosuraBranko MilanovicPrados’s book is extremely rich and powerful as it charts the evolution in human welfare across countries and regions over two centuries... The new Prados’s “augmented” [Human Development Index] is possibly the most important development since HDI was first defined.
Paperback, 2022
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How China Escaped Shock Therapy: The Market Reform Debate
Isabella M. WeberBranko MilanovicTwo books on China's key turning point: Isabella Weber: "How China Escaped Shock Therapy" https://t.co/cBQbfafu10
Paperback, 2021
$45.99$23.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The World Turned Upside Down: Finding the Gospel in Stranger Things
Michael S. HeiserBranko MilanovicMichael Heinrich, Marx & the Origin of the Modern World * Hrvoje Klasic, Yugoslavia and the World in 1968 [in Croatian] Several writers: The Impact of the Russian Revolution (edited by A Toynbee)* Yang Jinshen, The World Turned Upside Down **
Paperback, 2019
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Maoism: A Global History
Julia LovellBranko MilanovicJulia Lovell on global Maoism A global ideology that was neither https://t.co/pZUFZwD8dS
Paperback, 2020
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The End of Capitalism: The Thought of Henryk Grossman
Ted ReeseBranko MilanovicTed Reese, The thought of Henryk Grossman Badly written introduction to the life and thought of H Grossman. The best part are quotes from Grossman; the rest can be skipped.
Paperback, 2022
$20.95$10.48 + Free shipping50% off your first bookHow China Escaped Shock Therapy: The Market Reform Debate
Isabella M. WeberBranko MilanovicIsabella Weber How China Escaped Shock Therapy https://t.co/k9HQhN5LoZ
Paperback, 2021
$45.99$23.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The First Serious Optimist: A. C. Pigou and the Birth of Welfare Economics
Ian KumekawaBranko MilanovicA few days ago, I finished Ian Kumekawa's biography of Pigou, "The first serious optimist". If you are intrigued by the title, it comes from Joan Robinson's praise (when she was on good terms with Pigou). https://t.co/PCy7X5CJFi
Hardcover, 2017
$42.00$21.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Nassim Nicholas TalebBranko MilanovicAntifragile by @nntaleb is, I thought when I read it & I think even more now, a book that anyone concerned with complexity, robustness, extreme events & thus with globalization, supply chains, epidemics, invasions and balloons should read.
Paperback, 2014
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book