The IPE of Antiquity
    •The IPE of the Mediterranean basin
    •Rome, India, China, and long-distance trade
    •Troy and the trading state
    •Mercantilism in the ancient world

The decline of Rome and the collapse of the European economy

The 17th Century
    •The 17th century and the emergence of a truly global economy
    •European trade
    •The chartered trading companies
        -The Dutch English East India Companies
    •France, Colbert, and industrial policy
    •The Bank of England

The 19th Century
    •The industrial revolution
    •The Napoleonic Wars and the continental blockade
    •Repeal of the Navigation and Corn Laws
    •The Gold Standard
    •The Pax Britannica
    •The new imperialism

World War One and the Great Depression
    •WW1 and the interruption of the IPE
    •The gold exchange standard
    •The Great Depression and economic blocs
    •The RTAA and Tripartite Monetary Agreement

The Postwar Reconstruction
    •Bretton Woods and the Comecon
    •The IMF and the World Bank
    •The GATT and the failure of the ITO
    •The question of American motivations
    •Embedded liberalism
    •Was the Bretton Woods system ever in balance?
    •The collapse of the dollar standard
    •The NIEO

The Globalization of the World Economy
    •MNCs and the globalization of production
    •The GATT and tariff rates
    •The freeing of capital flows