The globalization of world economy Flashcards
Historical process representing the result of human innovation and technological progress. It is characterized by the increasing integration of economies around the world.
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
It aims to reduce poverty by lending money to the government of its poorer members so that they can improve their economies and the standard of living of their people.
World bank
Oldest known international route. It had the network of routes that connected different parts of the ancient world from china to what is the middle east today and to europe
silk road
Galleon trade took place during the age of -
mercantilism
In the 1920s and 1930s, a global economic crisis occurred called -
The great depression
This economic depression was considered the worst and longest experienced by the west
the great depression
Who: an economic historian, the united states began to recover when it abandoned the gold standard.
Barry Eichengreen
This was inaugurated with the goal of preventing past catastrophes from happening again and impacting international connections
bretton woods.
This active participation of government in managing economic crises became the foundation for the what would be called -
global keynesianism
Delegates at Bretton woods agreed to create two financial institutions which are:
- International Bank of Reconstruction and development / World Bank and International Monetary Fund
Became the codified strategy of the US Treasury Dep., world bank, IMF, and WTO
neoliberalism
The central tenet of globalization
International Economic Integration