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The Great Global Transformation

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We’re talking about a book you’ve been reading today. What is it, and what do we need to know?

It’s called The Great Global Transformation, written by a chap called Branko Milanovic. I got it on a whim when Amazon recommended it — people who bought this also liked that — which, apart from being a clever upselling technique, is actually pretty useful at times.

Anyway, this author was a former economist with the World Bank. He’s an economics professor at City University of New York and also a visiting professor at…

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