"Before the Second World War, the states of Washington and Oregon were thinly populated economic backwaters of the …, for their economic health. That all changed during World War II and the Cold War. By the dawn of the twenty-first century … the World highlights these changes, as well as the politicians, business leaders, and ordinary people who helped bring …

, empirically, how globalization played a crucial role in advancing Israel's economic progress. Economists and policy makers can … employment fluctuations in the advanced economies, and the convergence of Israel's inflation to the low world inflation rates …-market economies in similar circumstances. It combines economic theory with empirical evidence, and includes a review of the literature …