The West hopes that wealth, globalisation and political integration will turn China into a gentle giant, a panda rather than a dragon.

ECONOMIST: China's future

Mr Lindsey points out that today's period of globalisation has a precursor in the free markets and economic integration of the mid-19th century.

ECONOMIST: Books in brief

Mr King caricatures globalisation's proponents as pollyannas who see only winners and no losers from the integration of emerging economies.

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In both France and the Netherlands, between one-fifth and one-third of voters support extremist parties that oppose European integration, globalisation or both.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

The first great globalisation lasted from around 1840 to 1914 and was in its way a far more dramatic occurrence than the integration of world markets that has been taking place since 1945.

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