Discover when globalization began, from ancient trade routes to modern economic policies, and understand its impact on global trade and cultural exchange.

Dr. Zahra is a professor of history at the University of Chicago and has written extensively about globalization’s first collapse. April 5, 2025 Before World War I, globalization was at a high point.

JACKSON, Wyo. — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday warned against protectionist measures that would limit globalization and the increased trade and higher living standards it can bring.

If you want to know how the General Motors and Delphi stories are going to turn out, you can find the answer in Peoria. For it is there that Caterpillar has come up with the model for how a big ...