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Standing Guard: Protecting Foreign Capital in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Studies in International Political Economy)
Standing Guard Protecting Foreign Capital in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries - Studies in International Political Economy Author:Charles Lipson, Charles Lipson Foreign investors are drawn abroad by the lure of profits, but they also face significant risks. Standing Guard examines how investors have coped with these risks and protected their capital abroad in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.