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• Introduction
• 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
• Technological 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
• 2 International long-term capital movements, 1820-1913
• The growth of foreign investment
• The 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 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
• Conclusion
• 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
• Conclusion
• 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
• Conclusion
• 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
• Part II The Interwar Years
• 11 The international economy in the interwar years
• Primary production
• Population growth and migration
• Manufacturing production
• The intensification of protectionism
• 12 The restoration of the gold standard and the economic recovery of the twenties
• Post-war inflation and the restoration of the gold standard
• Weaknesses in the post-war gold standard:international investment
• Institutional weaknesses of the restored gold standard
• The economic boom of the late twenties
• 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
• Conclusion
• 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
• Part III The Post-1945 International Economy
• 15 Wartime preparations for the future international economy and post-war reconstruction
• The International Monetary Fund
• The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Post-war reconstruction
• 16 The international economy in the 1950s
• Population growth and migration
• International capital flows: private investment
• International capital flows: foreign aid and official long-term loans
• Technological change and world trade
• Conclusion
• 17 The international monetary system, 1945-60
• Performance of the system, 1945-52
• Performance of the system, 1953-60
• 18 International commercial policy, 1945-60
• The International Trade Organization
• The inauguration of GATT
• Discrimination in trade relations
• Regional trading blocs
• International commodity agreements
• Conclusion
• 19 Trade and growth in the international economy, 1945-60: the developed economies
• Trends in trade
• Economic growth in the developed economies, 1945-60
• 20 Trade and growth in the international economy, 1945-60: the developing and centrally-planned economies
• The developing economies
• The centrally-planned economies
• 21 Epilogue
• Index