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1878 J. J. Lalor tr. W. Roscher Princ. Polit. Econ. I. i. 80 The most that can be said..so far as an economy of mankind, or a world-economy, is concerned, is, that it may be shown that important preparations have been made for it.

1931 Times 22 May 9/5 State and collective farming..enabled the U.S.S.R. to enter the world economy..with lower costs of production than in a number of other countries.

1974 I. Wallerstein (title) The modern world system and the origins of the European world-economy in the 16th century.

2006 D. Edgerton Shock of Old (2008) v. 105 The steam ship, the aeroplane, the radio, and more recently television and the internet..are forging a new global world economy and culture.