A Splendid Exchange
How Trade Shaped the World. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008.
A brief summary of A Splendid Exchange
The extraordinary history of international trade, from its origins in ancient times to the globalization of today, how the means of transportation coincided with the rise and fall of empires, and why free trade requires a careful balance to be successful and just.
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Who should read A Splendid Exchange
Economists • advocates of free trade • proponents of protectionism • historians • manufacturers and investors • anyone interested in the origins of global trade
About the author of A Splendid Exchange
Award-winning neurologist, author, and financial theorist William Bernstein is an investment adviser and expert in global economic history with his own theory of market economics known as The Efficient Frontier. He holds both a PhD and MD and some of his other publications include The Four Pillars of Investing and The Birth of Plenty.
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