The paper examines political resentments and backlashes in historical episodes of globalization in terms of discussions of the morality of rising inequalities of income and wealth. It investigates the link between this discussion and a different interest-based political system that prevails in...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- 1. Introduction: The End of Globalization and the Problem of the Depression -- 2. Monetary Policy and Banking Instability -- 3. Tariffs, Trade Policy, and the Collapse of International Trade -- 4. The Reaction against International...

"The eminent economic historian Harold James presents a new perspective on financial crises, dividing them into "good" crises, which ultimately expand markets and globalization, and "bad" crises, which result in a smaller, less prosperous world. Examining seven turning points in financial...