The Blog Post that Inspired it All

Kristen Ghodsee and I were inspired to write this book together after discussing this blog post by Branko Milanovic. https://www.theglobalist.com/for-whom-the-wall-fell-a-balance-sheet-of-the-transition-to-capitalism/

We found we had totally different opinions, even though we had both been studying the socio-economic consequences of transition for several decades.