Course Title:
The Global Economy
Course Description:
Covers ideological biases in economics; the extent of global disparities around 1800; evolution of global disparities since 1800; evolution of international integration and international trading and monetary regimes, 1800-2000; theories explaining global disparities: classical, neoclassical, Marxian, neo-Marxian, and structuralist; import-substituting industrialization: Latin America, Asia, and Africa; international debt crises: nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the new global regime: structural adjustment: GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) and WTO (World Trade Organization); and socialist interlude: a socialist experience and transition to capitalism.
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Repeatable:
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Additional Information:
Approved course: NU Core-Comparative Study of Cultures
Approved course: NU Core-Social Science Level 1
Approved course: Arts & Sciences Core-Historical/Ethical/Aesthetic
