"In these essays, Milanovic has gone beyond the core topic of global inequality which has been his official calling card. He is provocative in his contentions and wonderful in his voice. He doesn�t suffer fools lightly, but he is also a staunch egalitarian, engaging anyone worth our time. And he shows what it means to be a true intellectual by learning in public, not always teaching from on high."<br /><b>Samuel Moyn, Yale University</b><br /><br />"In this impressive collection, a leading economist applies his intellect to current events and issues with erudition and analytical clarity."<br /><b>Jeet Heer, journalist at <i>The</i> Nation<br /></b><br />"Milanovic is a renowned expert on global economic inequality. But in this collection of essays he shows that he is a wide-ranging intellectual with a fierce polemical bent. He is an egalitarian. But he is also brilliant at puncturing progressive fantasies. Among the most enjoyable essays in a collection full of them is his evisceration of the idea of �de-growth�. He argues, rightly, that this would mean keeping most of humanity in desperate poverty or requiring average standards of living in the world�s rich countries to be cut by about two-thirds. These are absurd fantasies."<br /><b>Martin Wolf, <i>Financial Times</i>, Best Summer Books of 2025<br /><br /></b>�Like a well-prepared smorgasbord. Delightful when taken in small bites. Filling yet leaving you wanting more. I will be coming back for seconds and thirds.� <br /><b>Ian Bright, <i>Society of Professional Economists</i></b> <br /><br /> "Scintillating" <br /> <b><i>The Tablet</i></b>