Growth of the International Economy 1820 2000 An Introductory Text 4th Edition by George Kenwood, Lougheed ISBN 978-0415199308 0415199301
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ISBN 10: 0415199301
ISBN 13: 978-0415199308
Author: George Kenwood, A.L. Lougheed
This text is widely acknowledged to be the best available introduction to the study of the international economy as a mechanism for diffusing modern economic growth between nations. Updating the story to the present day, this edition covers the latest developments in international economics. Significant new additions include:
* globalization and the world economy
* the growth of regional trading blocs
* globalization and financial crisis in Asia
* transition to the market in post-communist economies
Packed with new references and data, The Growth of the International Economy is an indispensable guide to the world economy as it enters the new millennium
Table of contents:
Part I The international economy, 1820-1913
1 The causes of the growth of the international economy in the nineteenth century
Technological progress: industry and agriculture
Technical progress: transport and communications
The accumulation of capital
The growth of world population
The supply of natural resources
The growth of real incomes
The spread of economic freedom
The growth of international trade
2 International long-term capital movements, 1820-1913
The growth of foreign investment
Direction of foreign investment
Determinants of capital outflow
The use of foreign funds in borrowing countries
Economic consequences of foreign investment
3 International migration, 1820-1913
European migration, 1821-1913
Migration and its causes
Aids to mass emigration
Economic consequences of migration
Intracontinental migration
Asiatic migration and tropical development
4 Commercial policy in the nineteenth century
Britain adopts free trade
The spread of free trade
The economic consequences of free trade
The return to protection
The economic consequences of protection
5 Foreign trade in the nineteenth century
The growth of world trade before 1913
The direction of world trade before 1913
The composition of world trade before 1913
Conclusions
6 The growth of a multilateral payments network
Introduction
Development of the system
Foreign investment and the multilateral settlements network
Concluding remarks
7 The growth of an international monetary system: the gold standard before 1913
Bimetallic and monometallic standards
Britain adopts the gold standard
International monetary standards up to 1870
The spread of the gold standard
The role of sterling as an international currency and the importance
of the London capital market
The working of the gold standard
Divergence between classical theory and empirical evidence
Other features of the adjustment mechanism
Conclusions
8 International aspects of economic growth in the nineteenth century: the spread of industrialization
Introduction
The spread of industrialization The contribution of the international economy Causes of the limited spread of industrialization Conclusions
9 International aspects of economic growth in the nineteenth century: the export economies
Introduction
Regions of recent settlement
The export economies Economic imperialism and colonialism
10 Trends and fluctuations in the international economy before 1913
The international transmission of business cycles Long swings and the international economy Long-run trends in the terms of trade Phases of growth
Part II The interwar years
11 The international economy in the interwar years
Primary production
Population growth and migration Manufacturing production Growth of world incomes The intensification of protectionism
12 The restoration of the gold standard and the economic recovery of the 1920s
Postwar inflation and the restoration of the gold standard Weaknesses in the postwar gold standard: international investment Institutional weaknesses of the restored gold standard The economic boom of the late 1920s
13 The collapse of the gold standard and the disintegration of the international economy
Crisis in agriculture
Financial crisis in Europe The end of the gold standard Growth of restrictions on finance and trade International financial co-operation Regional economic co-operation International commodity control schemes
Conclusions
14 International trade during the interwar period
The growth of world trade in the interwar years The direction of world trade between the wars The changing composition of world trade Diminishing trade hypothesis
15 The Great Depression: an overview
The United States and the Great Depression Other factors in the Great Depression Long-run factors and the Great Depression
Part III The post-1945 international economy
16 Planning the future international economy and the transitional period, 1944-50
The International Monetary Fund The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Postwar reconstruction
17 The international economy since 1950
Economic growth, an overview Population growth and migration International capital flows-private investment International capital flows: foreign aid and other resource flows to developing countries
Technological change and world trade
Concluding remarks
18 International monetary relations, 1945-2000
The IMF: 1947-61
The IMF in the 1960s
Uncertain years, 1971-6
The post-Jamaican period, 1976-2000
Concluding remarks
19 The GATT, the World Trade Organization, and international commercial policy, 1947-2000
The early years, 1947-60
The GATT, the WTO and commercial policy, 1960-2000
Concluding remarks
20 Trade and growth in the international economy, 1945-2000: the developed countries
World Trade
Economic growth in the advanced countries, 1950-2000
21 Trade and growth in the international economy, 1945-2000: the developing economies, the centrally-planned economies and countries in transition
The developing economies
The centrally-planned economies The countries in transition (CITs)
22 A summary: 1820-2000 and ahead
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