From the book "Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium" by Ronald Findlay and Kevin H. O'Rourke (2007) and "A History of the Global Economy: From 1500 to the Present" by Joerg Baten (2016). Discuss how does financial institutions and access to capital shaped the economic foundations of nations and lead to the varying ability of countries to invest in proximate factors such as physical capital and human capital. (please include a bibliography)

From the book "Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium" by Ronald Findlay and Kevin H. O'Rourke (2007) and "A History of the Global Economy: From 1500 to the Present" by Joerg Baten (2016). Discuss how does financial institutions and access to capital shaped the economic foundations of nations and lead to the varying ability of countries to invest in proximate factors such as physical capital and human capital. (please include a bibliography)

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Chapter18: Globalization

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