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Visions of inequality: from the French Revolution to the end of the Cold War

Branko Milanovic discusses his latest book, Visions of Inequality: from the French Revolution to the end of the Cold War.
Branko Milanovic discusses his latest book, Visions of Inequality: from the French Revolution to the end of the Cold War.
Thursday 30 May 2024 | 1 hour 33 minutes 45 seconds

The book is a history of how economists across two centuries have thought about inequality, told through portraits of six key figures (François Quesnay, Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, Vilfredo Pareto, and Simon Kuznets). "How do you see income distribution in your time, and how and why do you expect it to change?"