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This 4 page paper is written in two parts. The first part of the paper looks at key factors that brought about and sustained the surge of international economic flows that started in the latter part of the 19th and the middle of the 20th century. The second part of the paper considers the influences of foreign economic policies. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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of surges over the last century and a half. One surge stared in the 1870s and carried on until the First World War. This was a time where there
was increased intentional trade, the exports from Britain amounts to roughly 5% of the GDP (World Bank, 2008), however, the exports were mainly finished goods, and the imports were often
primary inputs brought in from colonial sources. Most of the exports went areas where there were labor scarcities, such as the New World existed, but where there was the economic
power to purchase the goods, often as a result of migration into new areas by those from the old world (Clemens and Williamson, 2000). There was optimism about the potential
benefits and there was liquidity in the markets. There was investment taking place to move the primary goods that were demanded as well as to build an infrastructure to
facilitate travel and trade and the developments of the infrastructure. When looking at the British investment in areas such as Argentina, Canada, Australia and the US between there was an
average rate of 90% of the investments going into railroads and general infrastructure, this ranges from 86% of capital investments into Australia and 92% into Canada (World Bank, 2008). There
were those with capital that were looking for investments and a demand for investment, but there were also those who had the capital to invest, having benefited from trade and
competitive advantages between developed and developing countries. This was also aided by market conditions. Increased trade flows were also driven by increased international stability between economies, and although trade
tariffs and controls had an impact, another driver was the introduction of the gold standard. The gold standard was a system where the different currencies were linked not to each
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