Events

Keynote Lecture by Branko Milanovic

The decline of globalisation and the new world order

The Rafael del Pino Foundation organised, on 6 November 2026, the keynote lecture «The Decline of Globalisation and the New World Order», delivered by Branko Milanovic to mark the launch of his latest book, *The Great Global Transformation*, published by Taurus. Following his talk, he spoke with Joaquín Artés.

Branko Milanovic is a research professor at the Graduate Centre of the City University of New York and a senior affiliate of the Luxembourg Income Study. He also lectures at the London School of Economics and the Institute of International Studies in Barcelona. In 2019, he was appointed Maddison Honorary Professor at the University of Groningen. Professor Milanovic has served as a lead economist in the Research Department of the World Bank and has been a visiting professor and researcher at the universities of Maryland, Johns Hopkins, Oxford and Carlos III in Madrid. He was a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. He holds a PhD graduate from the University of Belgrade, he has had an extensive and prolific research career, notable for works such as: *The Haves and the Have-nots*, selected by *The Globalist* as Book of the Year 2011; *Global Inequality*, which won the Bruno Kreisky Prize for the best political book of 2016 and the Hans Matthöfer Prize in 2018, a work translated into 16 languages; “Capitalism, Alone”, included in Foreign Affairs magazine’s “Best Books” list as one of the best reads of 2019 in global politics and economics; and his latest work, “The Great Global Transformation” (2026), among others. He received (together with Mariana Mazzucato) the 2018 Leontief Prize for advancing the frontiers of economic knowledge. In 2020, Prospect magazine named Branko Milanovic one of the “Top 50 Thinkers”. He is undoubtedly one of the world's most influential economists in the study of inequality and the evolution of capitalism, with a career that combines academic rigour with a long-term historical perspective.

Joaquín Artés is Professor of Applied Economics at the Complutense University of Madrid. Specialised in political economy, regulation and quantitative analysis, he has developed an outstanding academic and research career, publishing in leading international journals in his field. Artés has focused much of his work on issues such as the efficiency of public institutions, electoral economics and the impact of public policies. His approach combines empirical rigour with solid theoretical analysis. In addition, he is Rafael del Pino Excellence FellowThis recognition encourages young Spanish researchers with international projection to develop their work in prestigious academic environments.

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