# Ep. 372: Branko Milanović on China's Rise, the Shift to National Market Liberalism, and Inequality

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Podcast: [Macro Hive Conversations With Bilal Hafeez](https://stenobird.com/podcast/macro-hive-conversations-with-bilal-hafeez-524900)
Published: 2026-08-21T11:54:00+00:00
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## Resource

Branko is a research professor at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality at the City University of New York. He received his Ph D from the University of Belgrade in 1987 and served as lead economist in the World Bank's Research Department for almost 20 years, leaving to write his book on global income inequality, Worlds Apart . He later worked at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, the University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University , All Souls College in Oxford, and Universidad Carlos III in Madrid . Branko's main area of work is income inequality. He is the author of several books – the most recent one being The Great Global Transformation . In this podcast, we discuss : The Shift to National Market Liberalism The Geopolitical and Personal Impact of China The Rise of " Homoplutia " The "Folksy Elite" and Meritocratic Ideology India's Alternative Development Model Europe's Strategic and Economic Paradox The Policy Dilemma of the "Elephant Chart" Elite Multiplication and Youth Anxiety

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