for the United States but also with reference to the wider world. We establish the outlines of international integration a … century ago and analyze the institutional and informational impediments that prevented the late nineteenth century world from … achieving the same degree of integration as today. We conclude that the world today is different: commercial and financial …

Discusses how democracy and national self-determination cannot be pursued simultaneously with economic globalization … and instead promotes customizable globalization with international rules to achieve balanced prosperity …