Great global transformation

One-hour talk by Branko Milanovic about his new book, The Great Global Transformation: National Market Liberalism in a Multipolar World, followed by a 30-minute audience Q&A.

Global neoliberalism is on its last legs, while a new international economic order is taking hold. Trade blocs, tariff wars, economic sanctions, and national champions are in; nationalism, anti-immigration movements and the far-right are on the rise. Liberalism is being rejected by the civic realm, as the status quo of the past fifty years crumbles. What remains in its wake?

Economist Branko Milanovic reveals the seismic shifts that are shaping our world. He details the facts: how the rising economic power of Asia is creating a new global ‘middle class’ in the greatest reshuffle of incomes since the Industrial Revolution. He explores our fears: why are we becoming increasingly unhappy, when the world is becoming richer and more equal? And he shows us the fight ahead: as plutocracy returns, global war threatens, and a new system silently shapes our nations, driving malcontent to breaking point.

Branko Milanovic, Research Professor at the Graduate Center at City University of New York (CUNY), Senior Scholar at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality at CUNY, and Visiting Professor at the International Inequalities Institute at LSE.

Chaired by Kirsten Sehnbruch, Distinguished Policy Fellow at the International Inequalities Institute at LSE. 

All welcome

Those interested in global transformation today

Online registration open. To attend in person, you can request one ticket via the online ticket request form until all tickets are allocated. For any queries, email events@lse.ac.uk.