The Great Global Transformation

Milanovic has a gift of illuminating the world in both the grand context and empirical detail... expertly marrying political theory, political economy and economic history * New Statesman *
Intriguing and original -- Martin Wolf * Financial Times *
Milanovic is not just a leading economist of our time; his intellectual horizons and learning are extraordinary * Irish Times *
Milanovic’s analysis is enriched by important insights from history and sociology... the book is based on diligent work on empirical data, and produces a strong socio-economic analysis of the Chinese and Western elite * LSE Review of Books *
A penetrating analysis from the world’s foremost authority on economic inequality -- Peter Turchin
No one describes better and quantifies with such precision the global transformations now underway than Branko Milanovic. This is a must read for anyone concerned about the future of the world order -- Gordon Brown
Profound... Simultaneously panoramic and telescopic, there is no better account of how we have got to where we are, and no clearer-eyed analysis of where we might go next -- Daniel Markovits
Branko Milanovic is a singularly fearless, incisive, and panoramic thinker. The Great Global Transformation is a path-breaking analysis of how Asia's rise has shattered the neoliberal world order and what might come next -- Daniel Chandler
Yet another fascinating book by the prolific Branko Milanovic -- Grace Blakeley
More than anyone alive, Branko Milanovic was likely to propound a grand theory of our perplexing global moment, rooted in data and facts. With brilliance, panache, and reliability, he has done it in this stellar book -- Samuel Moyn
Branko Milanovic combines his deep knowledge of political economy and philosophy and his mastery of distributional statistics to the utmost limits of their ability to explain the rise of Asia and the corresponding decline of the West -- James K. Galbraith
In this incisive new book, Branko Milanovic draws on his unique combination of empirical rigor, philosophical depth, and sharp commentary to illuminate the forces behind the great transformations of our time. Anyone who wants to understand the issues that will decide our future should read it -- Fritz Bartel
Vividly captures a world at another crossroads with eloquence, humour and magisterial presentation of quantitative data -- Debin Ma
A provocative tour-de-force. Milanovic reshapes how we think about inequality within and among countries and shows how economic power drives the geopolitics of our emerging multipolar world -- Julian Gewirtz
Branko Milanovic analyses with great clarity the historical forces, greater than any we have seen in the last two centuries, presently transforming the world. Everyone who wants to understand these titanic changes must read this book. It is essential reading -- Martin Jacques