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Probing their works in the context of their lives, he charts the evolution of thinking about inequality, showing just how much views have varied among ages and societies. Indeed, Milanovi\u0107 argues, we cannot speak of \u201cinequality\u201d as a general concept: any analysis of it is inextricably linked to a particular time and place.<\/p>\n<p>Meticulously extracting each author's view of income distribution from their often voluminous writings, Milanovic offers an invaluable genealogy of the discourse surrounding inequality. These intellectual portraits are infused not only with a deep understanding of economic theory but also with psychological nuance, reconstructing each thinker's outlook given what was knowable to them within their historical contexts and methodologies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Branko Milanovi\u0107 <\/strong>is Senior Scholar at the Stone Centre on Socio-Economic Inequality at the City University of New York and Visiting Professor at the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Formerly Lead Economist in the World Bank's research department, he is the author of\u00a0<em>Capitalism, Alone<\/em>; and\u00a0<em>The Haves and the Have-Nots<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Misik<\/strong>, Author and Journalist<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.suhrkamp.de\/buch\/branko-milanovic-visionen-der-ungleichheit-t-9783518588178\"><em>Branko Milanovi\u0107:<br \/>\n<\/em><\/a><em>Visions of inequality. From the French Revolution to the present day<br \/>\nTranslated from the American by Stephan Gebauer<br \/>\nSuhrkamp Verlag, September 2024, \u20ac 36,-<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Misik in conversation with Branko Milanovi\u0107 VISIONS OF INEQUALITY A sweeping and original history of how economists across two centuries have thought about inequality, told through portraits of six key figures. &nbsp; \u201cHow do you see income distribution in your time, and how and why do you expect it to change?\u201d That is the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5265,"template":"","format":[29],"meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"schwerpunkt":[42],"class_list":["post-5264","kreisky_event","type-kreisky_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","schwerpunkt-arbeit-wirtschaft-und-soziales","format-podiumsdiskussion"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VISIONS OF INEQUALITY - Kreisky Forum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/event\/visions-of-inequality\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VISIONS OF INEQUALITY - Kreisky Forum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Robert Misik in conversation with Branko Milanovi\u0107 VISIONS OF INEQUALITY A sweeping and original history of how economists across two centuries have thought about inequality, told through portraits of six key figures. &nbsp; 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