The History Book

IN CONTEXT

Focus

Globalization and inequality

Before

1929 The Wall Street Crash leads to the Great Depression, the worst economic crisis of the 20th century.

1944 Delegates of 44 countries meet at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, to reshape the global financial system.

1975 France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Britain, and the US form the Group of Six (G6) to foster international trade.

1997–98 The Asian financial crisis, starting in Indonesia and spreading around the world, is a precursor to events in 2008.

After

2015 World leaders pledge to eradicate world poverty by 2030.

The turn of the 21st century brought troubling signs of a worldwide recession. Low interest ...