In a timely new book, as the U.S. and China compete for dominance, Branko Milanovic asks: What are the prospects for a fairer world now that capitalism is the only game in town? What is the relationship between capitalism and democracy? Milanovic, author of Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World, is a visiting presidential professor and senior scholar at the Stone Center for Socio-Economic Inequality at The Graduate Center.
He joins in a conversation with:
- James K. Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. chair in Government/Business Relations at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and professor of government, at the University of Texas at Austin.
- Marshall Steinbaum, assistant professor of economics at the University of Utah and co-editor of After Piketty: The Agenda for Economics and Inequality.
- Janet Gornick, moderator and professor of political science and sociology and director of the Stone Center.
Presented on December 10, 2020, the event is part of the series “The Promise and Perils of Democracy.” For more information about our events, visit: http://www.gc.cuny.edu/publicprograms.
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