This course will examine both the benefits and the costs that have resulted from increasing interdependence among national economies as globalization facilitates the cross-border flow of capital, goods, services and technology. Selected topics will include international intellectual property; issues of increased economic growth and efficiency; job loss versus job gain due to free trade; the special needs of developing countries; economic inequality, the impact of these economic policies on global environmental degradation; economic integration (such as the creation of the World Trade Organization, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and the European Union); the relationship, if any, between markets and democracy; race, ethnicity, and culture, specifically as they relate to structural market reforms.
Optionally satisfies the writing requirement. |
