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Syllabus

Date	Topic
9-11	Introduction to the course. What is Globalization (the Global Economy)?
9-14	Initial Discussion of Globalization: What are the forces behind it, what are its consequences?
9-16	Session on Research with Reference Librarian Bryan Goodwin (Williston 419)
9-21	A Race through History I: Ancient Empires, the Middle Ages, and the Age of Discovery
9-23	A Race through History II: The Age of Imperialism and Colonialism .
9-28	Two World Wars and the Great Depression
9-30	Bretton Woods and the Golden Age of Capitalism
10-5	Global Crises: The Oil Crisis, Third World Debt Crisis, and Asian Financial Crisis
10-7	The Global Economy Today and Tomorrow: The Rise of China and India
10-14	The Current Global Financial and Economic Crisis
10-19	Adam Smith's Invisible Hand
10-21	Neo-Classical Equilibrium Theory
10-23	Mid-term I
10-26	Neo-Classical Equilibrium II
10-28	Keynesian Economics and the Circular Flow Model of the Economy
11-2	International Trade and Finance: Comparative Advantage,Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates
11-4	Marx's Theory of Capital Accumulation
11-9	Theories of Imperialism and Dependency
11-11	Neo-Liberalism, Multinational Corporations, and Economic Growth and Development
11-13	Mid-Term Exam II
11-16	The Washington Consensus: The IMF, The World Bank and Economic Development
11-18	The WTO and Global Trade
11-23	The Current Global Crisis
11-30	Europe: Economic Integration and the Introduction of the Euro
12-2	Chile: A Case Study
12-7	Global Inequalities
12-9	Global Environmental Degradation
12-14	Is Social and Ecological Sustainability on a Global Scale a Possibility?