One world?

Article Abstract:

Globalism in not a new trend. The 50 years prior to World War I was a time of widespread international commerce, but that ended with US protectionism. The second wave of globalization began in the 1970s when currencies were allowed to float. Technology and liberal trade laws are driving the new expansion.

Administration of General Economic Programs, Export Promotion, Laws, regulations and rules, International aspects, International trade, Technology and civilization, Technology and society, International trade regulation, Foreign trade promotion

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1492 and all that

Article Abstract:

Economists have argued that there was global economic integration well before 1800, but a new paper by Jeffrey Williamson and Kevin O'Rourke disagrees. They argue that the trade boom after the 'age of discovery' was not caused by market integration but by supply and demand factors.

Reports, Economic history, International economic integration, Economic integration, O'Rourke, Kevin, Williamson, Jeffrey

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My, how you've grown

Article Abstract:

The European Community may have reached its limits in size and power. This history of EC power includes the stages of growth, individual states' reasons, evolution of economic union into political union, analysis of the Maastrich treaty, and prospects for further growth.

Planning, Europe, European Union, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International relations, European Community

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