INST 231
Inequality and Development in a Globalizing World
Fall 2012
Division II
Cross-listed
ECON 231
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Class Details
This course introduces students to the relations among growth, inequality and globalization of economic markets, with a focus on implications for the developing world. Among topics for study are the world distribution of income, across and within countries; concepts of inequality (income, opportunity, mobility, capabilities, horizontal inequality); the implications of global trade and capital markets for inequality within developing countries; the consequences of inequality for growth and for political institutions in developing countries; the effects of global market failures and differences among countries in economic power on trade, capital, intellectual property, international migration, climate and other global regimes; and the role of global economic institutions (IMF, World Bank, bilateral aid programs) in addressing unequal opportunity and global market failures.
The Class:
Format: lecture
Limit: 25
Expected: 25
Class#: 1434
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 25
Expected: 25
Class#: 1434
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
two papers (5-10 pages each) arguing for a policy change; one class presentation; final exam
Prerequisites:
ECON 110 and 120
Enrollment Preferences:
Div II majors and prospective majors
Distributions:
Division II
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
INST 231 Division II ECON 231 Division II
INST 231 Division II ECON 231 Division II
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INST 231 - 01 (F) LEC Development and Globalization
INST 231 - 01 (F) LEC Development and GlobalizationDivision IINancy BirdsallTR 11:20 am - 12:35 pm
Chemistry 2061434
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