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Power and Plenty: Trade, War and the World Economy in the Second Millennium (Preface)

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  • Ronald Findlay
  • Kevin H. O'Rourke

    (Department of Economics, Columbia University
    Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin)

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This book provides the first systematic, integrated, analytical account of the evolution of the international economy during the last millennium.It emphasizes the two-way interaction between trade and geopolitics, and the importance of such interactions for world economic development.

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  • Ronald Findlay & Kevin H. O'Rourke, 2007. "Power and Plenty: Trade, War and the World Economy in the Second Millennium (Preface)," Trinity Economics Papers tep0107, Trinity College Dublin, Department of Economics.
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    1. Gregory Clark, 2007. "Introduction to A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World," Introductory Chapters, in: A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World, Princeton University Press.
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    • N00 - Economic History - - General - - - General
    • N70 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General

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