17.196 | Fall 2005 | Graduate, Undergraduate

Globalization

Calendar

There is a one hour recitation section for undergraduate students, which is not included in this calendar.

LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction and Overview

Part I: Globalization: A New Economic Order? The Historical Antecedents
2 Domestic and International Economies in the 19th Century

3 Globalization Before World War One

Part II: Creating the Global Economy
4 Trade and Politics

5 Global Capital Flows Paper topic 1 distributed
6 Critics

7 Multinational Enterprises Paper topic 1 due
8 Globalization and Development

Part III: The Consequences of Globalization
9 Can China and India Beat Us at our Own Game?

10 Does Globalization Increase Unemployment and Inequality? Paper topic 2 distributed
11 Does Globalization Destroy the Power of the State? Are Reform and Redistribution Still Possible?

12 Globalization and Democracy Paper topic 2 due

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Fall 2005