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The world today looks a bit like it did before World War I - but what does that mean?

A ship is loaded with containers at Sydney's Port Botany container terminal March 4, 2013. Australia's trade deficit shrank by much more than expected in February to its smallest in 14 months thanks to higher prices for resource exports, a likely boost to profits and incomes that also gave the local dollar a lift. Wednesday's figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed exports climbed 3.3 percent overall to a seasonally adjusted A$25.64 billion, the highest total in eight months. Earnings from farm goods, coal, metals and iron ore all increase in the month thanks in part to rising prices. Picture taken March 4, 2013.   REUTERS/David Gray   (AUSTRALIA - Tags: BUSINESS) - RTXY7G5

A recent report looks at globalization today, comparing it to the situation in the build up to World War I. Image: REUTERS/David Gray

Ana Swanson
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 170105-merchandise exports percentage gdp 1870 1913 Source Deutsche Asset Management
Image: Deutsche Asset Management
 foreign born population in the US
Image: Deutsche Asset Management
share of the top 1 per cent, 5 per cent and 10 per cent in the U.S. and U.K. 1918-2012
Image: World Top Incomes Database
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