We examine the evidence of contagion during the pre World War I era and the interwar and contrast our findings with the …

We examine the evidence of contagion during the pre World War I era and the interwar and contrast our findings with the …

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 …