ECON 385 - Economic Globalization since 1950

Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): ECON 101 and ECON 102
An institutionalist perspective on economic globalization since 1950. This period saw two distinct phases of unprecedented economic integration, Pax Americana and the ICT-facilitated globalization of value chains. Course goals include understanding the mechanisms shaping international economic integration, losers and gainers from openness, and the case for new transnational governance and regulatory institutions.