# Globalization — How the world got tangled together

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Category: Business
Slides: 13
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:35.370Z
Tags: catalog, business, globalization

## Summary

Long before steam, three trade systems wove distant continents together. Each carried not just goods, but ideas, diseases, and — in one case — millions of human beings. Key sections include: GLOBALIZATION / How the world got tangled together — and why everyone is suddenly trying to untangle it.; The world was always trading. Just slower, and bloodier.; Steam, telegraph, gold — and the world shrank for the first time.; It all came undone. Quickly.; 730 delegates, 44 nations, one New Hampshire hotel.; A trucker from North Carolina invented modern globalization.; From negotiated truce to permanent court.; The single most consequential trade event since WWII.; No country makes anything anymore. Every country makes parts.; The pendulum, suddenly visible..

## Slide Outline

1. GLOBALIZATION / How the world got tangled together — and why everyone is suddenly trying to untangle it.
2. The world was always trading. Just slower, and bloodier.
3. Steam, telegraph, gold — and the world shrank for the first time.
4. It all came undone. Quickly.
5. 730 delegates, 44 nations, one New Hampshire hotel.
6. A trucker from North Carolina invented modern globalization.
7. From negotiated truce to permanent court.
8. The single most consequential trade event since WWII.
9. No country makes anything anymore. Every country makes parts.
10. The pendulum, suddenly visible.
11. Not decoupling. Re-routing.
12. "Deglobalization" is mostly a vibe.
13. Read more. Watch more. Stay skeptical of confident narratives.

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