Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (523 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0735CTPQY |
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| Number of Pages | : | 538 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Frieden is the author of Currency Politics: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Politics and (with Menzie Chinn) of Lost Decades: The Making of America’s Debt Crisis and the Long Recovery. His previous books include Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century; Debt, Development, and Democracy: Modern Political Economy and Latin America, 1965–1985; and Banking on the World: The P
All rights reserved. This is an excellent, readable history of globalization with important lessons for our society today. However, the author points out that this was also true from the end of the 1800s to 1914 and the start of World War I. It is now considered the norm, a fact of life that will continue. Mary WhaleyCopyright © American Library Association. International integration usually expands economic opportunities and benefits society, but global capitalism, which does not address those ill-treated by world markets (e.g., the unemployed, the poor, children and the elderly), has driven societies toward conflict and class warfare. The foundations of preexisting global economic order disintegrated, reemerging in the 1970s but not thriving until the 1990s. From Booklist Frieden, an academic, traces the history of globalization from the late 1800s to the present, telling us, "Global eco
"Harold Vasquez's review of Global Capitalism" according to Amazon Customer. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2006, 556 pp.Global Capitalism is a great comprehensive history of the capitalism system from its early foundations, before the 1900s, until the end of the twenty century. With its subtitle, “Its fall and rise in the twentieth century”, the author does not only attempt to describe the pattern followed by international markets, investments, and global trade during the last century, but also the changes on social movements, political ideologies, and economic power across the world. More specifically, Frieden describ. zACH ELKIN said Well written and easy to read.. This is an outstanding read for people not very knowledgeable with Political economy, or for those that would like to read a compelling case of how capitalism has affected the world.I especially liked the way it portrayed pre-World War interdependence and NAZI autarky.. Garey said An in depth look at global capitalism and the recent. An in depth look at global capitalism and the recent economic history of the world, at least from a USA perspective. It helps to explain some of the trends we've seen in global economies. An easier read compared to say a more scholastic treatise on the subject as a layman I found it to be educational and understandable.
Frieden's insightful history explores the golden age of globalization during the early years of the century, its swift collapse in the crises of 1914-45, the divisions of the Cold War world, and the turn again toward global integration at the end of the century. Yet the entire edifice collapsed in a few months in 1914.Globalization is a choice, not a fact. His history is full of character and event, as entertaining as it is enlightening.. Then as now, many people considered globalization to be inevitable and irreversible. It is a result of policy decisions and the politics that shape them. Jeffry A. "Magisterial historyone of the most comprehensive histories of modern capitalism yet written." —Michael Hirsh, New York Times Book ReviewIn 1900 international trade reached unprecedented levels and the world's economies were more open to one another than ever before