2nd Edition

International Economic Relations since 1945

By Catherine R. Schenk Copyright 2021
190 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

190 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

190 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This second edition has been updated to include an assessment of economic relations up to the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses on three main threads that tie national economies together: flows of goods, of people and of finance. Since the end of the Second World War, the international economy transformed from a tightly controlled trading system to the financial globalization of the late 20th... Read more

1. Introduction and Overview  2. Rebuilding the international economic system 1945-50  3. Years of Growth 1950-70  4. Years of Crisis 1970-1985  5. The Start of the Second Globalization  6. The Acceleration of globalisation and renewed crises  7. Lessons not learned: the 2000s  8. Reconstructing international economic relations: 2010-2020

 

 

 

Biography

Catherine R. Schenk FRHS, FRSA is Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Oxford. She has held academic positions in New Zealand, London and Glasgow and visiting positions in China, Hong Kong, the International Monetary Fund and the Bank for International Settlements.  

Praise for previous edition:

"Schenk deals with complex subjects, periods, and organizations clearly and concisely, giving a broad introduction to the making of the contemporary global financial infrastruct. [...] Would I recommend it to students? Yes. Will I dip into it again during the course of teaching? Yes, probably, because of its clarity and conciseness; because it is well written; but mostly because it is well signposted and has clear, simple, and up-to-date graphs and tables; and because it is well referenced but not cluttered."

Paul Strong, The Economic History Review, 2012