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Richard Baldwin is a British economist and professor of international economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. He is known for his research on globalization, trade, and economic policy, and has served as editor-in-chief of VoxEU.
Known for: The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalization
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The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalization
This book explores how information technology has transformed globalization by drastically reducing the cost of moving ideas. Richard Baldwin argues that this 'new globalization' has shifted industrialization patterns, enabling developing nations to industrialize rapidly while developed nations experience deindustrialization. The work provides a comprehensive analysis of global supply chains, trade policy, and the economic implications of digital connectivity.
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Historical Context
In the nineteenth century, globalization’s first great leap was born of steam, steel, and a simple economic fact: moving goods became cheap. Before that era, economies were fundamentally local. Production and consumption occurred shoulder to shoulder because transport costs made long-distance trade ...
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The Second Unbundling
By the late twentieth century, a subtler but equally profound force began to rewrite economic geography: information and communication technology. Fiber optics, satellites, personal computing, and the internet steadily reduced the cost of moving ideas and coordinating production activities across bo...
From The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalization
About Richard Baldwin
Richard Baldwin is a British economist and professor of international economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. He is known for his research on globalization, trade, and economic policy, and has served as editor-in-chief of VoxEU.org, a leading policy po...
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Richard Baldwin is a British economist and professor of international economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. He is known for his research on globalization, trade, and economic policy, and has served as editor-in-chief of VoxEU.org, a leading policy po...
Richard Baldwin is a British economist and professor of international economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. He is known for his research on globalization, trade, and economic policy, and has served as editor-in-chief of VoxEU.org, a leading policy portal for economic research.
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