Eric Hobsbawm's The Age of Extremes completes his four-book study of world history that began with The Age of Revolution in 1962. Author and historian Michael Kazin talks about its significance.

Thanks to funding from the Leverhulme Trust, a network has been in operation since 2003 to promote research, teaching and co-operation in the innovatory and rising field of global economic history. As ...

US Tariff History and Global Economic Impact May 13, 2025 — 02:33 pm EDT Written by Taylor Sohns MBA, CIMA®, CFP® for Due.com -> ...

K Pomeranz, The Great Divergence (2000); J Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel (1998); E Jones, Growth Recurring: Economic Change in World History (1988, 2000); D Landes, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations ...

The global economy facilitates the fluid movement of products and services around the globe, a trend that has continued virtually uninterrupted 1944. Skip to content News ...

World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting . The WEF annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, usually attracts about 2,500 people from more than 100 nations.

With all the talk about inflation, interest rates, and market fluctuations, it's easy to feel a bit lost. Let’s break down these complex global economic trends and see how they play a role in shaping ...

Here’s a breakdown of the countries that were part of my personal global economy today: 1. Mexico (NAFTA member): Blackberries, avocado, Lee jeans. 2. Guatemala: Bananas. 3.

We discuss how China’s meteoric economic rise has shaken the foundations of the global economy, why globalization has remained far more resilient than so many predicted, why Wolf is skeptical ...