# ![@BrankoMilan Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::990009265.png) @BrankoMilan Branko Milanovic

Branko Milanovic posts on X about china, russia, countries, the great the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

### Engagements: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::990009265/interactions)
![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/cr:twitter::990009265/c:line/m:interactions.svg)

- [--] Week [-------] -12%
- [--] Month [---------] +34%
- [--] Months [----------] +2.10%
- [--] Year [----------] -80%

### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::990009265/posts_active)
![Mentions Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/cr:twitter::990009265/c:line/m:posts_active.svg)

- [--] Week [--] +13%
- [--] Month [---] +44%
- [--] Months [---] +42%
- [--] Year [---] -29%

### Followers: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::990009265/followers)
![Followers Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/cr:twitter::990009265/c:line/m:followers.svg)

- [--] Week [-------] +0.15%
- [--] Month [-------] +0.35%
- [--] Months [-------] +1.90%
- [--] Year [-------] +4%

### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::990009265/influencer_rank)
![CreatorRank Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/cr:twitter::990009265/c:line/m:influencer_rank.svg)

### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries)  26.85% [finance](/list/finance)  10.74% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  4.03% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  3.36% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  2.68% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  2.01% [stocks](/list/stocks)  2.01% [champions league](/list/champions-league)  0.67% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  0.67%

**Social topic influence**
[china](/topic/china) 8.72%, [russia](/topic/russia) 7.38%, [countries](/topic/countries) 6.04%, [the great](/topic/the-great) #1264, [in the](/topic/in-the) 3.36%, [france](/topic/france) 3.36%, [age of](/topic/age-of) 3.36%, [money](/topic/money) 2.68%, [ukraine](/topic/ukraine) 2.68%, [discord](/topic/discord) 2.68%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@heelindog](/creator/undefined) [@karl_heinz_p](/creator/undefined) [@braveneweurope1](/creator/undefined) [@kishoremandhyan](/creator/undefined) [@novaintrovert](/creator/undefined) [@andreacapussela](/creator/undefined) [@guthmannr](/creator/undefined) [@mathieujpp](/creator/undefined) [@maxfisher](/creator/undefined) [@outdoors199](/creator/undefined) [@drsirera](/creator/undefined) [@td_maurer](/creator/undefined) [@wh0__c4r3s](/creator/undefined) [@mpetrov01](/creator/undefined) [@ok_surf](/creator/undefined) [@brilliantmaps](/creator/undefined) [@tdmaurer](/creator/undefined) [@lilyslynch](/creator/undefined) [@xwastheone](/creator/undefined) [@marcoranaldi](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"You cannot say it better than Adam Smith: "In the courts of princes in the drawing-rooms of the great where success depends not upon merit but upon favour truth is seldom heard. This disposition to admire and almost to worship the rich and the powerful is the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments." https://www.equals.ink/p/adam-smiths-on-davos https://www.equals.ink/p/adam-smiths-on-davos"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2020248911416266820)  2026-02-07T21:30Z 173.5K followers, 124.9K engagements


"The European Cup waterpolo final is played by two traditional waterpolo heavy weights: Hungary and Serbia. The interesting thing is that they are both landlocked countries"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2015568053681963300)  2026-01-25T23:30Z 173.3K followers, 21.4K engagements


"Reading unwillingly MSNBC (because I get it when I open the Windows) made me see clearly how British (not America; because most of pieces are British) propaganda works during the war. It has a simple approach. You support A not B. So all articles on B are: enormous domestic problems military losses crazy leader population unhappy A attacks civilians only its military collapses & loses valuable assets people do not want to fight. All articles on A. Fantastically skillful attacks on B military targets alone (no civilians ever die) no military losses whasoever everybody keen to join the Army. If"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2015709187838234860)  2026-01-26T08:51Z 173.4K followers, 19.2K engagements


"Actually one of Marx's great merits is precisely to show that relative prices in different modes of production will be different. With identical natural & human resources relative price of X wrt to Y will be different in systems with unfree labor or systems with state ownership of capital compared to capitalism. This is an incredibly important insight. I am convinced that many people (like here) who criticize LTV have never read Marx. It explicitly has nothing to do with morality. And all of vol [--] and [--] can be read with no reference to LTV because under capitalism prices/values take the form"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2017179947920486658)  2026-01-30T10:15Z 173.4K followers, 22.7K engagements


"Xi Jinping against the rule of nihilists https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/the-rule-of-nihilists https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/the-rule-of-nihilists"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2017225019965702646)  2026-01-30T13:14Z 173.5K followers, 31.1K engagements


"Xi is right to argue that once belief in a better society of the future and focus on economic success that is supposed to bring that future society along are abandoned the power is surrendered to opportunistic cliques who may plunge their countries into wars and destruction either because they believe in nothing or because they are in search of some justification for their nihilistic rule. Xi Jinping against the rule of nihilists https://t.co/zXPEkhCTpF https://t.co/gWNvA6Xq80 Xi Jinping against the rule of nihilists https://t.co/zXPEkhCTpF https://t.co/gWNvA6Xq80"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2017351417833598989)  2026-01-30T21:37Z 173.3K followers, 34.6K engagements


"Life is sometimes cruel. Mourinho's most unrestrained celebrations were at Inter's semi-final against Barcelona--where he began his career. And now with Benfica against Real Madrid--who defined him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2017356515061924233)  2026-01-30T21:57Z 173.4K followers, [----] engagements


"The peak of the End of History.and liberal democracy. The model from Mexico who in [----] fled from one of Epstein's parties screaming "They were eating people" No longer seems so crazy. But no one has seen 21-year-old Gabriella Rico Jimnez since then. https://t.co/7b0OzHb0xf The model from Mexico who in [----] fled from one of Epstein's parties screaming "They were eating people" No longer seems so crazy. But no one has seen 21-year-old Gabriella Rico Jimnez since then. https://t.co/7b0OzHb0xf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2018116114383851586)  2026-02-02T00:15Z 173.4K followers, 85.9K engagements


"In my only tweet on Epstein files up to y'day I wrote that the publication of the files will be a disaster for the UK/US political elite. Things turned out even worse than I thought. Not only that it was the same rapacious and utterly immoral elite on both sides of the aisle not only that it amassed astronomical amounts of money (Blair) but while it spoke of the highest ideals it engaged in the dirties acts possible. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018246831424127475 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018246831424127475"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2018246831424127475)  2026-02-02T08:55Z 173.4K followers, 69.3K engagements


"Historical Social Tables: Advantages Methodology and Problems New Stone Center Working paper by Philipp Erfurth Mara Gmez Len Giacomo Gabbuti and Branko Milanovic https://stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/publications/historical-social-tables-advantages-methodology-and-problems/ https://stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/publications/historical-social-tables-advantages-methodology-and-problems/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2018286794811277434)  2026-02-02T11:34Z 173.3K followers, [----] engagements


"A very thoughtful review of Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jians "The Great Transformation: Chinas Road from Revolution to Reform" and my "Great Global Transformation" by Nicholas Mulder. https://weltinnenpolitik.substack.com/p/two-great-transformations https://weltinnenpolitik.substack.com/p/two-great-transformations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2018801648676770250)  2026-02-03T21:39Z 173.3K followers, 13.3K engagements


"On the other hand I disagree with interpersonal utility comparisons (and with Sam Bowles whom I admire) and I think that Pareto was right. "There is no bridge" (as he wrote) In defense of equality (without welfare economics) https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-equality-without-welfare Pareto was wrong. Utility can be cardinal not just ordinal. I've always thought the problem of incomensurability was silly. We all do it every day. Ok is that enough fancy words for one tweet https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-equality-without-welfare Pareto was wrong. Utility can be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2019156177519600096)  2026-02-04T21:08Z 173.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Moreover I think that economics has suffered enormously from utilitarianism a shallow doctrine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2019156560958877723)  2026-02-04T21:10Z 173.4K followers, 28.4K engagements


"I think that the greatest difference btw China (when it was a developing economy as well as now) and other developing countries is when China implements policy X you empirically find that the policy did have the desired effect after a certain number of years. Elsewhere you find that the policy had no perceptive effect or that the effect was nullified by other unanticipated negative effects. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019171216985108980 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019171216985108980"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2019171216985108980)  2026-02-04T22:08Z 173.5K followers, 42.3K engagements


"Every ideology/society has scandals it deserves. Inter-war France had the Stavisky affair the Soviet Union had Beria neoliberal era combined the two money and sex in the Epstein affair"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2019172813270331416)  2026-02-04T22:14Z 173.3K followers, 11.4K engagements


"Why I think (among other things) that utilitarianism is wrong & inter-personal comparisons (pace Sam Bowles) meaningless: All people are "equal" in a moral sense such that a priori discrimination (of differential treatment of) individuals is not acceptable. But that does not mean that they (people) are the same and are equally capable of happiness and are equal in a multitude of other ways. Thus I would maintain welfarism is factually wrong (that is is in the opposition with the observable reality) while we can and should still hold an ethically equal approach to all persons. There is a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2019177752205668827)  2026-02-04T22:34Z 173.4K followers, [----] engagements


"I must say that (for a change) the former Yugoslavs have the most reasonable approach:' "Yes we are East Europeans. It is a fact. So what". Having a dispute about a geographical detail is.sheer madness. @BrilliantMaps What happens when you tell a Spanish person that their country is North African @BrilliantMaps What happens when you tell a Spanish person that their country is North African"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2019563393016033627)  2026-02-06T00:06Z 173.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@td_maurer Really So pl. send me references"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2019563864204145015)  2026-02-06T00:08Z 173.4K followers, 13.6K engagements


"It is interesting to be witnessing in one's lifetime a total cultural decadence of the place one was born into. Tonight a couple of Chinese friends went ecstatic about the Yugoslav World War [--] movies that were popular in China in the 1980s. If it were the only such case I would take it as an oddity. But the fact of incredible music literary and film exuberance of the last two decades of Yugoslavia contrasted with nothingness of today is hard to ignore. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019576429164339584 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019576429164339584"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2019576429164339584)  2026-02-06T00:58Z 173.5K followers, 34.1K engagements


"@NovaIntrovert Nobody did. You are not alone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2019579847258042853)  2026-02-06T01:12Z 173.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Concern about inequality is *not* mere envy by David Lay Williams https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/2026/01/13/concern-about-inequality-is-not-mere-envy/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/2026/01/13/concern-about-inequality-is-not-mere-envy/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2019840797290430969)  2026-02-06T18:29Z 173.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@lilyslynch But he is not. He is hyperactive internationally. Certainly the most active PM/President in Serbia's history (excluding Tito)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2019843713690927597)  2026-02-06T18:40Z 173.4K followers, [----] engagements


"My today's Substack. Why We All Care About Inequality (But Are Loath to Admit It) Is it envy or justice https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/why-we-all-care-about-inequality https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/why-we-all-care-about-inequality"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2020197838618259723)  2026-02-07T18:07Z 173.5K followers, 21.6K engagements


""I could never feel anything but disdain for capitalist lyricism to which hapless strollers along Fifth Avenue in New York are exposed when they come to the Rockefeller Center. I can understand that with your own money you can build a monument to yourself in your own backyard but not in the center of a world metropolis." My today's Substack. Why We All Care About Inequality (But Are Loath to Admit It) Is it envy or justice https://t.co/MCRsI8XMjL https://t.co/fQMqqPec1n My today's Substack. Why We All Care About Inequality (But Are Loath to Admit It) Is it envy or justice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2020200924270977410)  2026-02-07T18:20Z 173.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@xwastheone There was by the way no inflation in the Soviet Union nor massive deficits not Marxist accounting but you can predict anything"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2020246744509096222)  2026-02-07T21:22Z 173.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Great piece Bringing Adam Smith to what he really was until he was kidnapped by the Chicago school. Adam Smiths on Davos - by Max Lawson - EQUALS https://www.equals.ink/p/adam-smiths-on-davos https://www.equals.ink/p/adam-smiths-on-davos"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2020248381809963274)  2026-02-07T21:28Z 173.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Very interesting. There are indeed similarities. In the Russian blogosphere Epstein is compared to Rasputin who attached himself to the royal family lived a notoriously sinful life and came to symbolize the collapse of a 300-year monarchy. Surely some journalist must have already compiled a list of major sexual scandals https://t.co/LKWSI4sbPe In the Russian blogosphere Epstein is compared to Rasputin who attached himself to the royal family lived a notoriously sinful life and came to symbolize the collapse of a 300-year monarchy. Surely some journalist must have already compiled a list of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2020251465571606992)  2026-02-07T21:40Z 173.4K followers, 16.9K engagements


"Serbian translation of my recent Substack on Aragon's "Histoire de l'URSS" Branko Milanovi: Velika zagonetka Staljinovih istki - Novi Standard https://standard.rs/2026/02/09/velika-zagonetka-staljinovih-cistki/ https://standard.rs/2026/02/09/velika-zagonetka-staljinovih-cistki/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2021152831412052367)  2026-02-10T09:22Z 173.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Several people have asked me for my recent syllabus. Here it is. The title of this class is "From Pareto to the Kuznets waves" but it does cover (in one session) classical writers too. At times I spend more time on Smith and Marx--with one session for each. There were classes where I spent [--] sessions on Marx. So it varies. And these days I always finish with new capitalism & homoploutia in the US and social & economic change in China. Also: another methodological innovation: compositional inequality by @MarcoRanaldi_ https://stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/files/2026/01/pareto_to_piketty_25_fall.pdf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2016889763408515453)  2026-01-29T15:02Z 173.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Whoever reads these three books (or at least parts of them or at least parts of the authors discussed in these books) will never come back with the simplistic and ignorant views sometimes still held by economists about irrelevance of income distribution. Lots of problems come from the fact that many economists do not read much and thus do not realize that income distribution is not an economic issue only but inextricably also political philosophic legal and sociological. I think it may be useful to combine these books with a very complementary study of inequality in political economy from"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2020820519214260242)  2026-02-09T11:22Z 173.5K followers, 14.5K engagements


"The review of "The Great Global Transformation" by Andrea Capussela (in English) Impeccable unacceptable portrait of our world https://andreacapussela.substack.com/p/impeccable-unacceptable-portrait https://andreacapussela.substack.com/p/impeccable-unacceptable-portrait"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2021282477399048558)  2026-02-10T17:57Z 173.5K followers, [----] engagements


"My review of Polanyi's "Great Transformation" (as I was writing "The Great Global Transformation") https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/living-through-another-great-transformationutm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=coy2z&triedRedirect=true https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/living-through-another-great-transformationutm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=coy2z&triedRedirect=true"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2018802778681090191)  2026-02-03T21:44Z 173.5K followers, 48.5K engagements


"Gramsci and Lenin on transcending parliamentarianism and on direct democracy https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/gramsci-and-lenin-on-transcending https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/gramsci-and-lenin-on-transcending"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2021380001648742599)  2026-02-11T00:25Z 173.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I am convinced that many people (like here) who criticize LTV have never read Marx. It explicitly has nothing to do with morality. And all of vol [--] and [--] can be read with no reference to LTV because under capitalism prices/values take the form of prices of production (which are identical to Marshall's long-term prices) and LTV remains totally in the background. Hence even if one rejects Marx's LTV his work on balanced growth economic crises. possible under-consumption etc. remains valid. Or can be discussed on its own merits which have nothing to do w/ LTV. This. Marxs Labor Theory of Value"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2017177797899231623)  2026-01-30T10:07Z 173.5K followers, 122.6K engagements


"As in many wars Russia's war against Ukraine has now become a war against Ukrainian population"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2018245453570019502)  2026-02-02T08:49Z 173.5K followers, 205.4K engagements


"Ginis of labor and capital income (from @lisdata. Spot the outliers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2018269643387887745)  2026-02-02T10:25Z 173.5K followers, 85.3K engagements


"I am happy to be asked *seriously* by the young Chinese researchers "Do you think that anyone could have imagined China to be so powerful and rich when you were young" And I am glad to tell them: "Absolutely NO ONE." No one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2019542895582449847)  2026-02-05T22:45Z 173.5K followers, 230.7K engagements


"Kulturni razvoj. Diktatura: Idoli / Azra Demokratija: Ceca / Tompson"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2019584926404980822)  2026-02-06T01:32Z 173.5K followers, 74.5K engagements


"My reviews of two recent excellent books on treatment of inequality in political theory and political philosophy from Antiquity to Marx (in one case) or up to the present (in another). Poison for the soul Review of David Lay Williamss The Greatest of All Plagues https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/poison-for-the-soul https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/poison-for-the-soul"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2020819346344358108)  2026-02-09T11:17Z 173.5K followers, 12.7K engagements


"Ironically and weirdly the publication of Epstein's files is the greatest advertisement for American democracy. Things like this were happening in many places. But no Russia no France no England (no European Union) no China no Japan no Egypt would even publish them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2020991591150653598)  2026-02-09T22:41Z 173.5K followers, 145.3K engagements


"But it would convey a message. It is a tax against greed. It is a pedagogical tax. What are the two recent events Review by @AndreaCapussela of my "Great Global Transformation" re-brought my attention on the last chapter of GGT entitled "Nationalism greed and property". It is only 5-6 pages long & greed (pleonexia) plays a key role there. Pleonexia has no upper bound. It is not based on intrinsic pleasure provided by consumption of goods & services. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021534199849578554 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021534199849578554"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2021534199849578554)  2026-02-11T10:38Z 173.5K followers, [----] engagements


"My today's Substack: A pedagogical tax Why the rich should be uber-taxed https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/a-pedagogical-tax https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/a-pedagogical-tax"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2021710940086104424)  2026-02-11T22:20Z 173.5K followers, 13.9K engagements


"As I write on The Great Global Transformation the EU is basically following the same anti-immigratuon & deportation policy as the US except that in Europe even social democrats vote for it: "La alianza entre el Partido Popular Europeo (PPE) y la extrema derecha en la Eurocmara pero tambin los votos de algunos eurodiputados socialdemcratas como los daneses han dado la luz verde pendiente sobre dos de las medidas ms controvertidas para acelerar las deportaciones.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2021754696046632990)  2026-02-12T01:14Z 173.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Last night I could not sleep so I created a taxonomy of people who work on inequality/redistribution. For each of these groups I have names of economists but it could be too controversial. So I decided to stay with the taxonomy only"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2021882770331476111)  2026-02-12T09:43Z 173.5K followers, 37.6K engagements


"Group C are radical redistributionists (within capitalism). They would leave relations of production and even pre-distribution more or less as it is but they would hit capitalists by high taxes. Hit them really hard. They are a radical wing of group D. They like FDR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2021882779852525572)  2026-02-12T09:43Z 173.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@Econ_Marshall Group E is quite radical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2022281720792273328)  2026-02-13T12:08Z 173.5K followers, [---] engagements


""You want to limit billionaires (1) ostentatious consumption (2) political influence and (3) media power. The need to limit (or thus to punish by exorbitant taxation) ostentatious consumption is to maintain a society where huge differences in wealth while some may be unavoidable are not displayed in front of everyone and cannot become the object of adoration or of hate. The goal of (2) is to make billionaires (which despite everything will still have disproportionate political influence) more like other members of community or nation. We are not talking here of democracy but of isonomia a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2022283648540549161)  2026-02-13T12:16Z 173.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I have not discussed the proposed Zucman tax so far. I am not in general a huge fan of trying to solve every income or wealth inequality problem by taxation. But two recent devts have led me to support strongly the Zucman tax & perhaps to make it even tougher. The rationale of the tax is not that it would significantly dent the wealth of the rich; nor would it collect huge revenues"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2021534194841575679)  2026-02-11T10:38Z 173.5K followers, 29.4K engagements


"This is the new Europe. Kaja Kallas has never heard of World War I and World War II. But then who cares. In the biggest war Russia ever fought its biggest ally was - checks notes - the United States of America. In the biggest war Russia ever fought its biggest ally was - checks notes - the United States of America"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/2022388784592228511)  2026-02-13T19:13Z 173.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Some slides from my class. All Latin American countries (for which the 1980s data exist in LIS) show a decrease in inequality. Brazil the most. On the other hand among the rich countries only Ireland Switzerland and the Netherlands have lower inequality in 2010s than in 1980s. The increase was the strongest in Austria Sweden Israel and the USA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1961892698673095155)  2025-08-30T20:44Z 170.9K followers, 13.6K engagements


"Interesting ranking of working languages at the Tianjin SCO summit meeting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1961997064511836190)  2025-08-31T03:38Z 170.6K followers, [----] engagements


"A friend asked if we know how Europe and China compared in terms of per capita income around year [----]. The common view is that Song China was richer at least until [----]. (Of course such a comparison is biased esp. if we compare e.g rich Northern Italy just a tiny slice of Europe with the whole of Southern Song)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1962167521764618423)  2025-08-31T14:56Z 170.6K followers, 18.9K engagements


"Anyway I sent him these income estimates based on [----] PPPs that we have from the social tables. Roman Empire at the Principate was twice as rich as China. Iraq around [---] was similar to the Roman Empire year [--] English reached the Roman level around [----] & the big leap was in Northen Italy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1962167525732745653)  2025-08-31T14:56Z 170.6K followers, [----] engagements


""Dissolution of the *Western* Roman Empire""  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1962168714612088838)  2025-08-31T15:00Z 170.6K followers, [----] engagements


"As I mention in "Trump: Neoliberal agenda pursued by direct means" if you gradually exempt from political (legislative or executive) control an increasing number of agencies you eventually come to the Singapore-China view of the superfluity of elections b/c society is to be run by experts who know things much better and not by an ignorant electorate. https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/trump-neoliberal-agenda-pursued-by https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/trump-neoliberal-agenda-pursued-by"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1962550888070881604)  2025-09-01T16:19Z 170.9K followers, 42.1K engagements


"Changing world. Tanzania has by population size just overtaken France. Fifty years ago French population was three times greater than Tanzania's"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1962583754263667100)  2025-09-01T18:30Z 171K followers, 21.6K engagements


"Five principles announced by Xi Jinping today: We should adhere to sovereign equality. (clear) We should abide by international rule of law. (clear) We should practice multilateralism (sort of clear) We should advocate the people-centered approach (not clear) We should focus on taking real actions (ambiguous). https://english.www.gov.cn/news/202509/01/content_WS68b584acc6d0868f4e8f53c8.html https://english.www.gov.cn/news/202509/01/content_WS68b584acc6d0868f4e8f53c8.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1962699176728273166)  2025-09-02T02:08Z 170.9K followers, 21.8K engagements


""Europe lacks the culture of compromise". Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani explaining the main reason for the Ukraine war: "The absence of the culture of pragmatism in European cultures. ALL they had to do was reach a compromise with Russia" Let's be realthe collective West is acting like a spoilt child. https://t.co/woAooV7I6W Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani explaining the main reason for the Ukraine war: "The absence of the culture of pragmatism in European cultures. ALL they had to do was reach a compromise with Russia" Let's be realthe collective West is acting like a spoilt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1962720376892375283)  2025-09-02T03:32Z 170.9K followers, 38.9K engagements


"What comes after globalization My new piece in the Spring issue of Jacobin: What Comes After Globalization https://t.co/oZPBU8beBd My new piece in the Spring issue of Jacobin: What Comes After Globalization https://t.co/oZPBU8beBd"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1962734030337474995)  2025-09-02T04:27Z 170.8K followers, [----] engagements


"On Trump. Branko Milanovi @BrankoMilan argues that Trump's power-play to dominate the Federal Reserve is not a break with neoliberalism it is a more optimistic assessment of neoliberalism's prospects: that whoever is in political office neoliberal policies will rule the day. 'What https://t.co/nDGamFvdt9 Branko Milanovi @BrankoMilan argues that Trump's power-play to dominate the Federal Reserve is not a break with neoliberalism it is a more optimistic assessment of neoliberalism's prospects: that whoever is in political office neoliberal policies will rule the day. 'What"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1962878061457596656)  2025-09-02T13:59Z 170.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Russia and China have indeed "weaponized" the WW2 (as the story goes) but the "weaponization" began in the West in the 1990s with the narrative that the Nazis in the East were somehow liberal democrats fighting Communists"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1963062325373534655)  2025-09-03T02:11Z 171K followers, 37.2K engagements


"The former Waffen SS soldiers' parades in Riga were reported in the New York Times like veteran democrats celebrating national liberation. Russia and China have indeed "weaponized" the WW2 (as the story goes) but the "weaponization" began in the West in the 1990s with the narrative that the Nazis in the East were somehow liberal democrats fighting Communists. Russia and China have indeed "weaponized" the WW2 (as the story goes) but the "weaponization" began in the West in the 1990s with the narrative that the Nazis in the East were somehow liberal democrats fighting Communists"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1963063090645287292)  2025-09-03T02:14Z 170.9K followers, 16.4K engagements


"Very good piece: The age of post-liberalism is finally here https://www.lukewsavage.com/p/the-age-of-post-liberalism-is-finally https://www.lukewsavage.com/p/the-age-of-post-liberalism-is-finally"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1963460250364731804)  2025-09-04T04:32Z 170.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Very good post. But I think that the roots go much further to the end of the Cold War. Instead of playing a strategic game (as the US did during the Cold War & at which they were quite good) the US establishment "dizzy with success" decided that the US must become a global hegemon. The world is too complicated a place to be run from either Washington Beijing Delhi Moscow or Brasilia. It's actually surprising that Trump just admitted this out loud because from a geopolitical standpoint it's the biggest failure imaginable for the U.S. For a country that's always been all about "divide and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1963990639126704593)  2025-09-05T15:40Z 170.9K followers, 21K engagements


"BRICS and non-alignment today https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/brics-and-non-alignment-today https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/brics-and-non-alignment-today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1963991512238199059)  2025-09-05T15:44Z 170.9K followers, 13.9K engagements


""While two of the now eleven BRICS members are in open or tacit conflict with the West the others are not. BRICS is not a counterweight to the West or NATO. But it is growing in reaction to NATOs globalization. Why Because it is the only place where nations not interested in participating in the new Cold War or even in a possible hot war between the superpowers can runaway in order not to have to choose sides." BRICS and non-alignment today https://t.co/b5VcMDHEh3 https://t.co/g39ptUWemR BRICS and non-alignment today https://t.co/b5VcMDHEh3 https://t.co/g39ptUWemR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1963991593909620853)  2025-09-05T15:44Z 171K followers, 10.6K engagements


"Lets go back to mercantilism and trade blocs https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/lets-go-back-to-mercantilism-and https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/lets-go-back-to-mercantilism-and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1964207349054247015)  2025-09-06T06:01Z 170.9K followers, [---] engagements


"BRICS and non-alignment today https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/brics-and-non-alignment-today https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/brics-and-non-alignment-today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1964207352485167182)  2025-09-06T06:01Z 170.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Kaja Kallas learning history. "I thought: It's something new that Russia and China defeated Nazism. I was at the ASEAN summit and something seemed interesting to me. Russia turned to China and said: "We Russia and China fought together inThe Second World War we won the Second World War we defeated Nazism together. Not alone--but did sacrifice to that victory almost [--] million lives: around [--] million from the Soviet side and around [--] million from the Chinese. https://eadaily.com/en/news/2025/09/04/i-thought-its-something-new-that-russia-and-china-defeated-nazism-kallas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1964209421216629170)  2025-09-06T06:09Z 171K followers, 52.9K engagements


"East European fantasy in search of Western approval (and money). Serbia claimed to have defended Europe from the Ottomans & Muslims. Croatia claimed to have defended Europe from the Serb Orthodox. Poland claims to have defended it against the Russian Orthodox. Ukraine claims to be defending Europe from Russia. Russia claims to have defended Europe from Mongols. Mongols claim to have defended Europe from.somebody; say China. Banner reading "Fortress of Europe" displayed during the Ukraine-France football match today. https://t.co/5dq9riNWzA Banner reading "Fortress of Europe" displayed during"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1964211968107041198)  2025-09-06T06:20Z 171K followers, 71.9K engagements


"@michele_geraci That's an old-fashoned view. In this new world you first get appointed to be a foreign minister & then at leisure you learn a bit of history. Between the cocktails"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1964214674439729621)  2025-09-06T06:30Z 171K followers, [----] engagements


"It is an interesting fact (or perhaps rather an observation--illustrated among others also by Kaja Kallas's background) that has not received much empirical attention. In USSR & E Europe children of the nomenklatura almost all avoided political involvement tended to move to the careers such as academic foreign trade writing arts. Their political views were almost always liberal (in the European sense) and anti-Communist"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1964351287413158244)  2025-09-06T15:33Z 171K followers, 44.5K engagements


"In other words the elite did not reproduce itself. New political leaders did not come from that source but from elsewhere i.e. from poorer segments of the population. Why did it happen It is worth research. Usual clash of generations: grand-parents petty nobility; parents communists; children liberals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1964351290860847329)  2025-09-06T15:33Z 171K followers, [----] engagements


"Finally the same phenomenon does not seem to be playing out in China. The Q is why Could one then argue that one of the *failures* of Communism was precisely that it was too successful in social mobility: giving a chance to the less educated children of workers & peasants to accede to the highest positions (for which they were often unqualified) rather than to the children of the elite"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1964351297349451785)  2025-09-06T15:33Z 170.9K followers, 10.5K engagements


"To make things even worse Kaja Kallas's Estonia participated in the invasion of Iraq and thus broke the same fundamental rules of the UN re. non-violation of UN members borders and no wars of aggression points on which she is so keen today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1964367555759354234)  2025-09-06T16:38Z 171K followers, 20.5K engagements


"@policytensor But check what I wrote about India's position being underestimated"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1964479903463882955)  2025-09-07T00:04Z 170.9K followers, [----] engagements


"If you think that "post neo-liberalism" is a good term for what is coming I would like you to tell me what would be the good term for what comes after that: "neo-post-neoliberalism""  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1964515448281845789)  2025-09-07T02:25Z 171K followers, 18.7K engagements


"@GuthmannR Moreover this is always the "problem" of poorer countries. If you priced Roman senator's consumption basket (since he consumed largely human services) that basket in today's NYC would cost millions. Hire [----] people per night to carry lamps at your banquet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1964703740365324343)  2025-09-07T14:54Z 171K followers, 64.8K engagements


"@GuthmannR As I mentioned since you do not like PPP conversion stay w/ MERs. No conversion except to the dollar. There 95th BRA percentile is *poorer* by some 30% than the US median. So clearly in terms of intenatonally-priced goods they can buy fewer of than the US median"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1964713649685385337)  2025-09-07T15:33Z 171K followers, [----] engagements


"Mean per capita income in PPP dollars and inequality [----] (both based on household surveys). Post-socialiist (red) and Latin American (green) countries highlighted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1964812031426707883)  2025-09-07T22:04Z 171K followers, 58K engagements


"There is a striking difference between parts of Europe that were affected by WW2 and most of Europe that just was not. When I ask my friends about their parents ("the greatest generation") most of Europeans --excluding Germans-- were simply not affected by the War unless they were Jews. But in Eastern Europe and Greece it was not the same"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1964879802097144138)  2025-09-08T02:33Z 171K followers, 13.8K engagements


"I often think about the Ukraine-Russia was like the Nazi-Soviet war. The war goes on hundreds of thousands of people die but people in Geneva Buenos Aires Washington Lisbon Lagos go about their lives as before as they did in the 1940s and as they do today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1964880974795432413)  2025-09-08T02:38Z 171K followers, 12.8K engagements


"You can't make this up. In the same article in which Nikolai Petrushev former head of Russian foreign intelligence argues that the explosion of Nord Stream was done by the British secret service (MI6) there is a big ad for the Moscow-based British School"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1964907969172435107)  2025-09-08T04:25Z 171K followers, [----] engagements


"I recall this movie ("Walter defends Sarajevo") when I was in high school or university. There were some excellent scenes. Glad that Xi Jinping loved as a young man & remembers it even now. The famous "Bella Ciao" came to China via this movie. "Xi says he enjoys Yugoslav films songs when young" https://english.www.gov.cn/news/202405/09/content_WS663be8eec6d0868f4e8e6df8.html https://english.www.gov.cn/news/202405/09/content_WS663be8eec6d0868f4e8e6df8.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1964915468633858488)  2025-09-08T04:55Z 171K followers, [----] engagements


"Was it like this in Western Europe Execution of Schmidhuber: German General Behind Balkan Massacres https://www.youtube.com/watchv=EPf3-NCetII https://www.youtube.com/watchv=EPf3-NCetII"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1964921544557351240)  2025-09-08T05:19Z 171K followers, 11.3K engagements


"@ElijahShuch @Schmit_Henri Yes these were two different wars. (Not everywhere in EEurope though: Bulgaria and Romania were practically unaffected; Hungary only in the latter stages. But Poland Yugoslavia Bohemia Greece from the beginning.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1965081238026457396)  2025-09-08T15:54Z 170.9K followers, [--] engagements


"My review of @yuenyuenang "China's Gilded Age" Can corruption be good for growth https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/can-corruption-be-good-for-growth https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/can-corruption-be-good-for-growth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1965146448213037266)  2025-09-08T20:13Z 171K followers, 14K engagements


"Dear Yan these are survey data. Mean household per capita income in [----] was [-----] yuan or $5265. This is then converted into [----] yuans (using CPI) and divided by the [----] PPP exchange rate of [---] yuans (all values in the graph are in [----] PPPs). If you use consumption data for [----] as provided by the World Bank. the mean (again in [----] ppps) is less than $6k. If you use China FPS for [----] the mean nominal income is Y34329. Finally the mean all-China income given in the Statistical Yearbook from the micro data that are not released is [-----] yuan for [----]. So basically the range is 34k-41k."  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1965180046139650559)  2025-09-08T22:26Z 171K followers, [---] engagements


"The Anglo-Saxon world. The two biggest political issues with Clinton and Trump are. .their sexual affairs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1965257395673989285)  2025-09-09T03:34Z 171K followers, 15K engagements


"The disproportion in military power between Israel and the Arab world is simply stunning. I remember the [----] and [----] wars where (in the former) the disproportion was present but nowhere near to what it is today'. Arab countries w/ military capabilities have been destroyed: Syria Iraq; defanged or made irrelevant: Egypt Jordan; sunk into anarchy: Libya. And this does not take into account Israel's nuclear arms which make it the fourth biggest power in the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1965848769205002614)  2025-09-10T18:44Z 171K followers, 21.9K engagements


"Totally correct. It is ridiculous that we should be even discussing @sapinker absolutely insane & historically ignorant comments. But it shows how crazy today's discourse has become. This is such a ridiculous take in so many ways. First of all his numbers are WILDLY inflated and I do mean wildly. The French revolution for instance didn't "kill [--] million people": most historians would agree that direct deaths from the Revolution (including the Terror) This is such a ridiculous take in so many ways. First of all his numbers are WILDLY inflated and I do mean wildly. The French revolution for"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1965995393847599154)  2025-09-11T04:26Z 171K followers, 55.9K engagements


"Top economists are asking Netanyahu to become a nice guy and stop killing civilians. "Respectfully". What can you say. Letter to PM Netanyahu from [--] economists.pdf - Google Drive https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D_Sv3JnUnxZ-Ha-rkHIPh52IJfscAtcM/viewpli=1 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D_Sv3JnUnxZ-Ha-rkHIPh52IJfscAtcM/viewpli=1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1966357525831295410)  2025-09-12T04:25Z 171K followers, 53.1K engagements


"1. Daron Acemoglu Institute Professor MIT; Nobel laureate in Economics [----] [--]. Philippe Aghion Professor at the College de France INSEAD and LSE [--]. David Autor Daniel (1972) and Gail Rubinfeld Professor Google Technology and Society Visiting Fellow and Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow MIT [--]. Abhijit Banerjee Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics MIT; Nobel laureate in Economics [----] [--]. Olivier J. Blanchard the Robert M. Solow Professor of Economics Emeritus MIT [--]. Sir Richard Blundell David Ricardo Professor of Political Economy UCL [--]. Janet Currie Henry Putnam Professor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1966357529962668474)  2025-09-12T04:25Z 171K followers, 46.3K engagements


"Disaster of social sciences & humanities. [--]. Daron Acemoglu Institute Professor MIT; Nobel laureate in Economics [----] [--]. Philippe Aghion Professor at the College de France INSEAD and LSE [--]. David Autor Daniel (1972) and Gail Rubinfeld Professor Google Technology and Society Visiting Fellow and Margaret MacVicar [--]. Daron Acemoglu Institute Professor MIT; Nobel laureate in Economics [----] [--]. Philippe Aghion Professor at the College de France INSEAD and LSE [--]. David Autor Daniel (1972) and Gail Rubinfeld Professor Google Technology and Society Visiting Fellow and Margaret MacVicar"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1966357784473014555)  2025-09-12T04:26Z 171K followers, 58.4K engagements


""Herr Hitler we support your concern with the quality of human race but we respectfully implore you to allow the people in the ghettos to have access to water." Disaster of social sciences & humanities. Disaster of social sciences & humanities"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1966366882438492376)  2025-09-12T05:02Z 171K followers, 27.1K engagements


"My today's Substack: The Age of Discord: Fragmented politics and unhinged discourse https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/the-age-of-discord-fragmented-politics https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/the-age-of-discord-fragmented-politics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1966733009987506351)  2025-09-13T05:17Z 171K followers, 155.6K engagements


"Israel has won the battle but lost the war. It followed too closely Stalin's "how many divisions does the Pope have". "I just want to say go birds fuck ICE and free Palestine" "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys https://t.co/9Ja2iYhXyD "I just want to say go birds fuck ICE and free Palestine" "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys https://t.co/9Ja2iYhXyD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1967399969272512650)  2025-09-15T01:27Z 171K followers, 61.7K engagements


""20 out of [--] governors supported by United Russia won today's elections. The 21st was independent. The only disruptive element in the otherwise celebratory atmosphere were candidates of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation who asked for recounts."    https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8039779from=top_main_1 https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8039779from=top_main_1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1967404099227308331)  2025-09-15T01:44Z 171K followers, [----] engagements


"From @meirsheimer's Substack: "On [--] September [----] I appeared on Times Radio which is associated with The Times and The Sunday Times in London as well as Rupert Murdochs News Broadcasting. I spoke with the host Adam Boulton about Ukraine US Middle East Policy President Trumps stewardship of US foreign policy and the state of Americas liberal democracy. What is most striking is not the interview itself which I thought went very well but the comments viewers posted. They are remarkably hostile to me and my views. I am not complaining about them as I am fair game but I think the comments show"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1967433373963399413)  2025-09-15T03:40Z 171K followers, 13.6K engagements


"Median per capita incomes in [----] (by region): heterogeneity of Asia and homogeneity of Latin America"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1967446563871220199)  2025-09-15T04:33Z 171K followers, 16.5K engagements


"I was not clear. This is the Medvedev of "let's nuke everyone" fame former President of Russia and currently deputy head of the Russian Security Council. (Forgot there is/was also a tennis player named Medvedev.) Dmitri Medvedev. Before. https://t.co/Q3ox2ZD4tN Dmitri Medvedev. Before. https://t.co/Q3ox2ZD4tN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1967584643378778444)  2025-09-15T13:41Z 171K followers, 11.5K engagements


"Checked Uzbekistan numbers. You are right. They are unusually high (compared to GDPpc). So this is likely wrong. On Poland vs. Russia: Polish GDPpc is 10% higher than Russia's. But Polish household income as share of GDP is 26% vs. 34% for Russia. The end result is higher median income in Russia (by 10%)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1967779901294973188)  2025-09-16T02:37Z 171K followers, [---] engagements


"Talks about the "rule of law" internationally despite invasions targeted killing by drones use of coercion in economics seizure of assets extra-legal abductions ('renditions"). Talks of rampant inequality while forgetting that the US inequality increased the most under Reagan and Clinton"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1967943150812459434)  2025-09-16T13:26Z 171K followers, [----] engagements


"The anti-Trump people succumb to the need to paint the pre-Trumpian times as some golden age of general love consensus and happiness. They were not. They were not as bad as today's times but the seeds for today's discord were sown then"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1967943153773842678)  2025-09-16T13:26Z 171K followers, [----] engagements


"The anti-Trump people succumb to the need to paint the pre-Trumpian times as some golden age of general love consensus and happiness. They were not. They were not as bad as today's times but the seeds for today's discord were sown then. And often by them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1967944006580720028)  2025-09-16T13:29Z 171K followers, 12.1K engagements


"About [--] years ago in Shanghai with Rodrigo Zeidan and."Capitalism Alone""  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1968691022751227970)  2025-09-18T14:58Z 171K followers, [----] engagements


"Macron is a super interesting politician. He embodies the intellectual decadence of neoliberalism. There should be eventually a good book on that. A must-read. A must-read"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1974574359990641090)  2025-10-04T20:36Z 171K followers, 42.4K engagements


"@spe07 I think he is neoliberal in his economic policies: pension reform labor taxes anti-gilets jaunes. But precisely b/c of intellectual decadence of neoliberalism these policies are combined w/ others that are not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1974753081649934651)  2025-10-05T08:26Z 171K followers, [---] engagements


"The Age of Discord: Fragmented politics and unhinged discourse https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/the-age-of-discord-fragmented-politics https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/the-age-of-discord-fragmented-politics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1976010396634104291)  2025-10-08T19:42Z 171K followers, 15.6K engagements


"My today's Substack Defeated by the real world Why did neoliberalism in its domestic and international components fail https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/defeated-by-the-real-world https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/defeated-by-the-real-world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1976041037710885026)  2025-10-08T21:44Z 170.9K followers, 89.6K engagements


""Like communism neoliberalism was defeated by the real world". My today's Substack Defeated by the real world Why did neoliberalism in its domestic and international components fail https://t.co/yFW3TTTMY2 https://t.co/ox0hVFCXYd My today's Substack Defeated by the real world Why did neoliberalism in its domestic and international components fail https://t.co/yFW3TTTMY2 https://t.co/ox0hVFCXYd"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1976042429418766382)  2025-10-08T21:50Z 171K followers, 23.4K engagements


"Very interesting. The Nordic model and income equality: Myths facts and policy lessons CEPR https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/nordic-model-and-income-equality-myths-facts-and-policy-lessonsutm_source=chatgpt.com https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/nordic-model-and-income-equality-myths-facts-and-policy-lessonsutm_source=chatgpt.com"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1977094237855596734)  2025-10-11T19:29Z 170.9K followers, [----] engagements


"The Table of Contents of "The Great Global Transformation""  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1977356552383111530)  2025-10-12T12:51Z 170.9K followers, 17.9K engagements


"I think that the Materazzi Q has a deeper meaning: are all the means that are technically at the limit of the legal morally allowed or not Perhaps after twenty years we can ask this question dispassionately: is Materazzi one of the greatest jerks in the history of football or just a clever fellow Perhaps after twenty years we can ask this question dispassionately: is Materazzi one of the greatest jerks in the history of football or just a clever fellow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/1978256785254330715)  2025-10-15T00:29Z 170.9K followers, [----] engagements


"#India's and #Pakistan's consumption inequalities practically undistinguishable and without clear trends. http://t.co/8X1rvH3wQy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/333639120708587520)  2013-05-12T17:45Z 165.8K followers, [--] engagements


"And in the Western conference #Chile wins hands down (higher share of GDP held by the billionaires than in Russia). http://t.co/yHaCOcAhf4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/335827417677561856)  2013-05-18T18:41Z 165.8K followers, [--] engagements


".@fp2p Oh yes I forgot the old francs Afghanis are anoter one (h/t @o_lough)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/337991585520304131)  2013-05-24T18:00Z 170.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@MathieuJPP But in Bolivia they have pesos; and bolivars in VEN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/337997355745935360)  2013-05-24T18:23Z 170.6K followers, [--] engagements


""Bale is rumored to have agreed a deal worth more than $20m a year." Are RM hiding the real fee not to upset Cristiano or not to pay taxes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/375028764452720640)  2013-09-03T22:53Z 170.6K followers, [--] engagements


"These things like eg. http://t.co/g3XiZ1iJI7 are considerable oversimplifications. Don't blame for those pl. read my papers. http://bit.ly/17k5GpU http://bit.ly/17k5GpU"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/400259448389660672)  2013-11-12T13:51Z 170.6K followers, [--] engagements


"What do Bulgaria Cyprus Greece and the UK have in common "Do you feel like an EU citizen" http://t.co/QYZwwKNgPc (via @BogDudek)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/420634669919399936)  2014-01-07T19:14Z 165.8K followers, [--] engagements


"There is a tendency among economists & IO to "fall in love" w/various dev'ing countries leaders whose domestic reputations are often dubious"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/422398165635973120)  2014-01-12T16:02Z 170.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Barely touching. How do income distributions of Denmark & Congo look: all Danes richer than all Congolese. http://t.co/cQfPpd85ob"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/429718527277154304)  2014-02-01T20:50Z 165.8K followers, [--] engagements


"Have tweeted before Ukraine-Belarus GDP dyad. (Not that BLR is a great example but what a disaster UKR was). http://t.co/RuQEKBY8A6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/439095668762611712)  2014-02-27T17:52Z 165.8K followers, [--] engagements


"Not impossible. "Estonian FM to Ashton: Behind snipers was not Yanukovich but somebody from new coalition." http://t.co/pxCfdvUZTU http://on.rt.com/dx2op3 http://on.rt.com/dx2op3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/441202986107146241)  2014-03-05T13:26Z 170.6K followers, [--] engagements


"A remarkable turn-around in #Africa: population living in countries with negative growth. http://t.co/6CZymvfJt9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/456172727817093121)  2014-04-15T20:50Z 165.8K followers, [--] engagements


""rg" is a great shorthand. Almost like E=mc2. I would not be surprised if soon it appeared on T-shirts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/456844474727931904)  2014-04-17T17:19Z 170.6K followers, [--] engagements


"2/2 The question is: Was it done systematically (I think not); does it change conclusions (I think not)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/469915559698890753)  2014-05-23T18:59Z 170.6K followers, [--] engagements


"This guy (Attali) is ostensibly one of top European intellectuals. Read and wonder. http://t.co/ZJJCXYzjzy http://huff.to/1pjj6R6 http://huff.to/1pjj6R6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/481816544675373056)  2014-06-25T15:09Z 170.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Income Inequality Is Not Rising Globally. It's Falling. http://t.co/Zzh6hYICmN via @UpshotNYT http://nyti.ms/1nmZNVB http://nyti.ms/1nmZNVB"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/490460010720141312)  2014-07-19T11:35Z 170.6K followers, [---] engagements


"@Max_Fisher For me breakfast totally irrelevant & most of the time I miss it (sleep late)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/505006444346105856)  2014-08-28T14:58Z 170.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@Suanzes @Max_Fisher We should start an "Anti-Breakfast League" :-)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/505007631678046208)  2014-08-28T15:02Z 170.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Lee Kwan Yew on what made Singapore successful. http://t.co/8L0bwiCR4a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/579836492970872832)  2015-03-23T02:46Z 168.2K followers, [----] engagements


"China and the West: Not bad for a text written [---] years ago. http://t.co/MobcUInYBh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/588584201391210497)  2015-04-16T06:06Z 170.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Why did Blatter resign [--] days after reelection Nobody discusses it. Blackmail is in my opinion the most likely explanation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/606099956102012928)  2015-06-03T14:07Z 171K followers, [--] engagements


"Forget $1.25. It is now $1.92. https://x.com/RT_com/status/647229074876731393 Global poor to rise as World Bank adjusts poverty line for first time in [--] years - FT http://t.co/47GOPPhnp9 http://t.co/8Np7wr7YPu https://x.com/RT_com/status/647229074876731393 Global poor to rise as World Bank adjusts poverty line for first time in [--] years - FT http://t.co/47GOPPhnp9 http://t.co/8Np7wr7YPu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/647236387197091840)  2015-09-25T02:29Z 170.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@MathieuJPP I think the adjustment makes sense: it is [----] PPPs vs. [----] PPPs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/647238453307023360)  2015-09-25T02:37Z 170.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Lorenz curves for global inc distribution in 1988-2008 (note improvement in the middle and rising share of the top)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/663514744830173184)  2015-11-09T00:33Z 170.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Joe Stiglitz: Movies help to get a picture of how real world of finance operates. "The Big Short" for example"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/684099392618369024)  2016-01-04T19:49Z 165.8K followers, [--] engagements


"How to interpret econ papers presentations terms: "a simple model" (=hundreds of complex eqs) "boring assumptions" (=wildly unrealistic)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/684165947310014464)  2016-01-05T00:14Z 170.6K followers, [--] engagements


"My posts about the two Falls: Constantinople in [----] and the Berlin Wall in [----] http://glineq.blogspot.com/2014/11/for-whom-wall-fell-balance-sheet-of.html http://glineq.blogspot.com/2016/05/economic-reflections-on-fall-of.html http://glineq.blogspot.com/2014/11/for-whom-wall-fell-balance-sheet-of.html http://glineq.blogspot.com/2016/05/economic-reflections-on-fall-of.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/738137108452249600)  2016-06-01T22:36Z 165.8K followers, [--] engagements


"My todays piece: Migration vs the Welfare State https://www.theglobalist.com/migration-vs-the-welfare-state/ https://www.theglobalist.com/migration-vs-the-welfare-state/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/864477062966513665)  2017-05-16T13:46Z 170.5K followers, [--] engagements


"My new piece: "1 belt [--] road" brings us back to a philosophy that prevailed in development lending before the 1980s. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/may/17/belt-road-project-the-west-is-mired-in-soft-development-china-is-trying-the-hard-stuff https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/may/17/belt-road-project-the-west-is-mired-in-soft-development-china-is-trying-the-hard-stuff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/865054895501651969)  2017-05-18T04:02Z 165.8K followers, [---] engagements


"My new post: Is "neo-imperialism" the only path to development http://glineq.blogspot.com/2017/05/is-neo-imperialism-only-path-to.html http://glineq.blogspot.com/2017/05/is-neo-imperialism-only-path-to.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/865313107874377728)  2017-05-18T21:08Z 170.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Small (revolutionary) world: Reading Tariq Ali's excellent "The dilemmas of Lenin""  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/866301965407584256)  2017-05-21T14:37Z 165.8K followers, [--] engagements


"And about the illusion of degrowth: and http://glineq.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-illusion-of-degrowth-part-ii.html http://glineq.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-illusion-of-degrowth-in-poor-and.html http://glineq.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-illusion-of-degrowth-part-ii.html http://glineq.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-illusion-of-degrowth-in-poor-and.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/954192296672661504)  2018-01-19T03:22Z 170.5K followers, [--] engagements


"@GGrimalda @AndreaCapussela @eugenioproto The majority premium is a weird system which I am sure you know was used by Fascists to gain absolute power"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/971953111253245952)  2018-03-09T03:37Z 170.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Book Review - Capital: The Explosion of Delhi https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/20/03/2018/book-review-capital-explosion-delhi https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/20/03/2018/book-review-capital-explosion-delhi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BrankoMilan/status/979520872603103232)  2018-03-30T00:49Z 165.8K followers, [--] engagements

Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing