The Crucible of the End of Colonialism

British Empire really is collapsing in the 50s and 60s. And it's around this time we hear about a guy called Herman Yossiv-Abse, a German banker. In 1957 he went to a conference of industrialists in San Francisco and presented a proposal for what I'm talking about. The investor state dispute settlement system is a major part of that. But another part of it is creating global economies that rely and are based on attracting investment.