11.167 | Spring 2004 | Undergraduate

Economic Development & Technical Capabilities

Calendar

This course is divided into 5 segments. Topics for these segments are listed below. All lectures from the semester fall under these five categories.

SEGMENT # TOPICS
I

Economic Development

Firm Formation and Technological Capability Building

II

Theories and History of Underdevelopment

Resources

Trade, Imperialism and “Primitive Accumulation

Foreign Trade (again) and Foreign Investment

III

Industrialization

Education

Technology

Industry

Enterprise

IV Well-being and Development
V Conclusions