Odd Lots: Branko Milanovic on the New Economic Order (Podcast)
The News
The article discusses the decline of globalization and the emergence of a new economic order termed 'national market liberalism' by economist Branko Milanovic. This concept describes a shift from free capital movement to mercantilist and nationalist policies among powerful governments. Milanovic's book 'The Great Global Transformation' explores this transition, as highlighted in the Odd Lots podcast.
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The article states that the most powerful governments now favor mercantilism and nationalism.
The world once defined by free movement of capital has begun to contract.
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Key findings
Globalization has fallen out of favor.
Opinion- The article states that the most powerful governments now favor mercantilism and nationalism.
- Globalization has fallen out of favor, indicating a political backlash.
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Loaded language removedIt’s pretty obvious by now that globalization has fallen out of favor. And while many pundits have deemed economic globalism dead, we are still figuring out what to call this new era.
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Globalization has fallen out of favor.
OpinionMany pundits have deemed economic globalism dead.
BloombergThe world once defined by free movement of capital has begun to contract.
BloombergPowerful governments have come to favor mercantilism and nationalism.
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