Arguing that global markets must rest on secure political institutions, the author examines the global economy and the forces that shape it and hinder it in the world.
Essential reading for understanding the international economy―now thoroughly updatedLucid, accessible, and provocative, and now thoroughly updated to cover recent events that have shaken the global...
"Magisterial history...one of the most comprehensive histories of modern capitalism yet written." ―Michael Hirsh, New York Times Book Review In 1900 international trade reached unprecedented levels...
This "glorious and frightening read" (MT Magazine) examines capitalism's place as the universal social and economic order of our time. Now truly global, twenty-first-century capitalism―aided by...
Fiscal crises have cascaded across much of the developing world with devastating results, from Mexico to Indonesia, Russia and Argentina. The extreme volatility in contemporary political economic...
First published more than a decade ago, Globalizing Capital remains an indispensable part of the economic literature today. Written by renowned economist Barry Eichengreen, this classic book...