'Power and Plenty' is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the origins of today's international economy, the forces that continue to shape it, and the economic and political challenges confronting policy-makers in the 21st century.

Originally published : 2007.

Introduction : geographical and historical background -- The world economy at the turn of the first millennium -- World trade 1000-1500 : the economic consequences of Genghis Khan -- World Trade 1500-1650 : old world trade and new world silver -- World trade 1650-1780 : the age of mercantilism -- Trade and the industrial revolution -- World trade 1780-1914 : the great specialization -- World trade 1914-39 : deglobalization -- Reglobalization : the late twentieth century in historical perspective -- Globalization at the dawn of the twenty-first century.