The world economy has experienced four global recessions over the past seven decades: in 1975, 1982, 1991, and 2009. During each of these episodes, annual real per capita global gross domestic product contracted, and this contraction was accompanied by weakening of other key indicators of global...

The world economy has experienced four global recessions over the past seven decades: in 1975, 1982, 1991, and 2009. During each of these episodes, annual real per capita global GDP contracted, and this contraction was accompanied by weakening of other key indicators of global economic activity....

Der Historiker (Uni Princeton) und Publizist (hier u.a. BA 1/02, 8/91, 4/89; ID 34/01, 32/97, 17/93) beschäftigt sich einmal mehr mit der Geschichte der (globalen) Wirtschaft. In der protektionistischen Politik vieler Staaten in den 20er-Jahren (Einfuhrverbote, Strafzölle etc.) sieht der Autor...