Learning lessons -- Blessings and perils of liberal finance -- Financial crises in the era of globalization -- From crises to imbalances -- Calm before a storm -- Toward adjustment and domestic reform -- Toward global reform -- Toward a more stable world

Since the late 1990s, the United States has received large capital flows from developing countries and experienced a productivity growth slowdown. Motivated by these facts, we provide a model connecting international financial integration and global productivity growth. The key feature is that...