Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-370) and index.
Contents
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: The fragile global economy -- The second great age of capitalism -- The Cold War international economy -- The insecure trading system -- The unstable monetary system -- Global financial vulnerability -- Age of the multinational - European regional integration -- American economic strategy -- Asian regionalism -- Globalization and its discontents -- Managing the global economy -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.