Recent Trends in Global Income Distribution and their Political Implications

Yale University’s Program in Ethics, Politics and Economics is pleased to announce Branko Milanovic, Presidential Professor at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, who delivered this year’s Robert H. Litowitz Lecture in Ethics and Public Policy. The talk discussed the most recent evolution in global inequality, the new 2011 PPP numbers and focused on the political implications of the important changes that are taking place in global distribution of income. In particular, it focused on the rise