Practice question · Multiple choice
Hirst and Thompson pointed out that trade and capital flows relative to output were already high before 1914. Why does that comparison not settle the argument against globalisation?
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- Ask whether two economies with the same trade-to-output ratio must be connected in the same way.
- A ratio is a level; the sceptics and the transformationalists disagree about what is being levelled.
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C. Similar ratios hide structural shifts: globalised production and faster finance.
Why
The ratio is a real and awkward finding for the strongest globalisation claims. But a single supply chain crossing six borders and a shipment of wheat both count as trade, and financial positions can now be unwound in seconds. The sceptics have shown the quantities are less unprecedented than advertised; they have not shown the structure is the same.
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