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CS92PROD
Globalization
ECON 368
Spring 2010 not offered

This course will critically examine the current wave of economic globalization. We will compare it to previous periods of global economic integration and carefully examine its defining features. We will then study the economic case for globalized capital and goods markets and weigh these arguments against the criticisms of the antiglobalization or global justice movements. Next, we will look at the functioning of the three dominant global economic institutions, the IMF, World Bank, and WTO, and critically assess the role they have played in the globalization process. We will also look at the role of multinational corporations (MNCs) in this process. We will then critically assess the potential for implementing global regulations, such as labor standards, to ensure more equitable outcomes for the world's poorest people. Finally, we will examine existing, nongovernmental social and institutional innovations, such as fair trade and microfinance, that work within market-based frameworks to provide economic opportunity for the least well-off.

Essential Capabilities: None
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS ECON
Course Format: Lecture / DiscussionGrading Mode: Student Option
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: ECON300 AND ECON302
Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (ECON)(ENVS)

Last Updated on MAR-28-2024
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