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New evidence on the rise of trade and social protection A Vox EU post on the how globalization made for better labor standards.

What's Driving the Trade Collapse? A Vox EU post on the Great Depression and the recent trade bust.

Trade Booms, Trade Busts and Trade Costs with David Jacks and Dennis Novy. NBER working paper 15267.

Foreign Currency Debt, Financial Crises and Economic Growth: A Long Run View with Michael D. Bordo and David Stuckler

Competing International Currencies? The Dollar and the Euro in Long Run Perspective. A presentation given in Braga, Portugal (University of Minho) at a conference marking 10 years of the Euro

Sudden Stops of Capital Flows: Determinants and Output Effects in the First Era of Globalization, 1880-1913  with Michael D. Bordo and Alberto Cavallo

Riding the Wave of Trade: Explaining the Rise of Labor Regulation in the Golden Age of Globalization with Michael Huberman