Business I / The Gold Standard and Globalization
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First globalisation or second globalisation (post-1980)?

Groups: First (1870-1914) · Second (post-1980)

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  1. One era moved people and capital; the other moves goods and information.
  2. Fixed and floating exchange rates separate them.
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First (1870-1914): Mass migration of 60 million Europeans, Sterling convertible at a fixed gold price

Second (post-1980): Container shipping and global value chains, ICT and the internet connecting markets

Why

The first globalisation moved people and capital under gold; the second moved goods and information under floating rates and containerisation.

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