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Economic History Review 68.2 (2015): 600-631. Davis, Belinda. Home fires burning: Food, politics, and everyday life in World War I Berlin (U North Carolina Press, 2000) online Archived 2020-11-11 at the Wayback Machine; Fairchild, Fred Rogers. "German War Finance—A Review," American Economic Review (1922) 12#2 pp. 246–261 in JSTOR
The gross domestic product of India was estimated at 24.4% of the world's economy in 1500, 22.4% in 1600, 16% in 1820, and 12.1% in 1870. India's share of global GDP declined to less than 2% of global GDP by the time of its independence in 1947, and only rose gradually after the liberalization of its economy beginning in the 1990s.
The European liquidation of American securities in 1914 (also called the financial crisis of 1914) was the selloff of about $3 billion (equivalent to $94.18 billion in 2024) of foreign portfolio investments at the start of World War I, taking place at the same time as the broader July Crisis of 1914.
The following estimates are taken exclusively from the 2007 monograph Contours of the World Economy, 1–2030 AD by the British economist Angus Maddison. [2] (GDP (PPP) in millions of 1990 International Dollars) [3] [4] [5] Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 2030 (forecast) China 22,983,000 United States 16,662,000 India 10,074,000 Japan
The empire's largest economy in 1870 was British India with a 12.15% share of world GDP, followed by the United Kingdom with a 9.03% share. The empire's largest economy in 1913 was the United Kingdom with an 8.22% share of world GDP, followed by British India with a 7.47% share. [20]
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
The mention of “bottom up” instead of “top down” is likely a direct reference to economic policies adopted under former Republican President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s — and favored by ...
The aftermath of World War I saw far-reaching and wide-ranging cultural, economic, and social change across Europe, Asia, Africa, and even in areas outside those that were directly involved. Four empires collapsed due to the war, old countries were abolished, new ones were formed, boundaries were redrawn, international organizations were ...