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I. Age of Empires (Globalization 1.0) II Pax Britannica (Globalization 2 0) II. Pax Britannica (Globalization 2.0) III. InterwarYears and Collapse IV. Pax Americana (Globalization 3.0) V . Explanations and Current Crisis

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I. Age of Empires (Globalization 1.0)II  Pax Britannica (Globalization 2 0)II. Pax Britannica (Globalization 2.0)III. Interwar Years and CollapseIV. Pax Americana (Globalization 3.0)V. Explanations and Current Crisisp

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World Map Scaled by per capita GDPWorld Map Scaled by per capita GDP

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The Pre Colonial WorldThe Pre‐Colonial WorldEuropean Dominance –Why?Competitive Nation‐StatesCompetitive Nation‐StatesDevelopment of Commercial & Financial MarketsEnlightenment and Technological DevelopmentEnlightenment and Technological Development

Mercantilism and Colonial ExpansionpResources (Gold and Silver)Slave‐Based Agriculture

“That belongs tous now…”

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Sources of British DominanceSources of British DominanceHegemonic Stability TheoryElements of the Pax BritannicaElements of the Pax BritannicaSecurity – ‘Britannia Rules the Waves’ You need an umbrellathe Waves

Markets –Unilateral Free TradeCommon Currency – Pound/Gold Standard

ou eed a u b e awhen the sun never sets.

y /Loans – Early Industrialization and Surplus

Sources of British Decline

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Reparations and International PaymentsDemise of the Gold Standard

ll llWall Street CollapseDomestic Squeezing

h hb

Hawley and Smoot look to a grim future

Beggar‐Thy‐Neighbor’  Trade Policies Smoot‐Hawley Tariff (1930)

Collapse of the Global Economy

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The BrettonWoods S stemThe BrettonWoods SystemFixed Exchange Rates (Dollar Standard)

l l l dMultilateral Free Trade (GATT)International Lending (IMF/World Bank)

I i l S i  (NATO) “S il h f International Security (NATO)The ‘Golden Age of Growth’B kd   f B W d

“Smile – the future will be brighter.”

Breakdown of BrettonWoodsEconomic Revival and R d Gl b li iRenewed Globalization

US delegation to the BrettonWoods Conference

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So rces of the C rrent CrisisSources of the Current CrisisUS Housing bubble (subprime mortgages)

f dSecuritization of mortgages via derivativesContagion of Financial Markets following Housing B bbl  C llBubble Collapse

Bank Bailouts and Fiscal StimulusA G  R i    D iA Great Recession, not Depression

Q: Was Globalization the Cause?? 

Nightmare or Reality?