The 1929 crash and the Great Depression -- Was there a golden era of European free trade? -- Was there free trade in the rest of the world? -- Has protectionism always had a negative impact ? -- Were Third-World raw materials central to western industrialization? -- Were colonial outlets crucial to western industries? -- Was colonialism important in triggering the industrial revolution? -- The balance sheet of colonialism -- Was there a large income differential before modern development? -- A long-term deterioration in the terms of trade? -- The more tropical products exported, the more food imported? -- Population growth : the more, the better? -- Some less important myths -- Generally unnoticed historical turning points -- The paradox of economic history or the absence of absolute economic laws.
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