The speaker discusses the argument of western political concern with democracy as a form of imperialism, imposing their views on others. They explore the origins of this ideology and the impact it has on international relations.
Yascha Mounk and Branko Milanovic discuss the history and trajectory of global inequality.
In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Branko Milanovic discuss Milanovic’s famous “Elephant Curve” graph and why global income growth is not as unequally distributed as he once thought; how we should think about globalization and its effects on the global balance of power; and why Milanovic does not consider himself a philosophical liberal.