Jamie Martin

“Martin's impressive new book, The Meddlers, considers the League of Nations and other interwar precursors of 'neutral' institutions of doux commerce to show how closely the 'birth of global economic governance' was entangled with empire.” - David Priestland, London Review of Books “Few standard accounts of international economic history hold up to scrutiny in Jamie Martin's bold history of economic...

A pioneering history traces the origins of global economic governance—and the political conflicts it generates—to the aftermath of World War I. International economic institutions like the IMF and World Bank exert incredible influence over the domestic policies of many states. These institutions date from the end of World War II and amassed power during the neoliberal era of the late...