Capitalism, Alone
2019 nonfiction book by Branko Milanovic
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Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World is a 2019 non-fiction book published by Belknap Press by Branko Milanovic, an economist at the Stone Centre on Socioeconomic Inequality at the City University of New York.[2][3]
First edition | |
| Author | Branko Milanovic |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Belknap Press |
| Publication date | 24 May 2019 |
| Publication place | Cambridge, MA |
| ISBN | 9780674987593 |
| Preceded by | Global inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization (2016)[1] |
Themes
According to The Economist, in Capitalism, Alone Milanovic "argues that this unification of humankind under a single social system lends support to the view of history as a march towards progress."[2]
Reviews
The review in The New Yorker said that Milanovic is a "whiz at number crunching" and "has a whimsical, wide-ranging appreciation for history and culture." Milanovic had "demonstrated how the benefits of globalization had been distributed among different classes across various groups of countries" by "using a giant World Bank database of household incomes in the 1990s. In Capitalism, Alone, he has "richly detailed" the consequences of inequality.[4]
Roberto Iacono said the book was "remarkable" and "possibly the author's most comprehensive opus so far."[5]
The Wall Street Journal said that the book was a "stunted recitation of the political and economic crises afflicting Western capitalism, an unpersuasive account of China's economic model as a potential alternative and an implausibly dystopian vision of global capitalism’s future."[6]
An article published as an International Monetary Fund (IMF) book review, said that the "valuable, data-rich, and thoughtful" book was an "ambitious and provocative examination of the present and the future of capitalism."[7]