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The brave new world of rival trading blocs

9 June 2019

In a fascinating new paper, economists David Jacks and Dennis Novy argue that today's contentious trade disputes recall what happened during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Led by Great Britain and Germany, competing trading blocs governed large portions of global commerce. Something similar is happening now.

Trade Blocs and Trade Wars during the Interwar Period, David S. Jacks, Dennis Novy, NBER Working Paper No. 25830,Issued in May 2019

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