Trésor-Economics No. 93 - Learning from the first globalisation (1870-1914)
The current globalization, which began in the 1970s, is not unprecedented: between 1870 and 1914, the opening of national economies went hand in hand with a rapid expansion of trade and investment beyond national borders. The period also saw financial crises comparable to those of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.As for goods markets, the first globalization was characterized by... Lire la suite