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Кто читает:: Кафедра торговой политики (Институт торговой политики)

Статус:: Общеуниверситетский факультатив

Когда читается:: 1, 2 модуль

Преподаватели

Гальченко Евгений Александрович

Гловели Георгий Джемалович

Миронова Екатерина Андреевна

Островская Елена Яковлевна

Портанский Алексей Павлович

Философова Татьяна Георгиевна

Фридинский Илья Евгеньевич

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Abstract

Introduction to the World Economy is a one-module elective course offered to the third-year students of all specializations. The course purports to introduce the students to the most topical issues of the global economy, including inequality, migration, trade wars, and climate change. We start by reviewing the factors behind the historical development of capitalist economies and their amalgamation into one and seek to link these factors to the key theories in the field. In the course of our subsequent discussion, we come to explore and assess the different policies addressing the challenges world economy faces, including hunger, pension crisis, poverty, and others, their societal and political implications, as well as idiosyncrasies of these challenges in specific parts of the world.

Learning Objectives

Provide a thorough treatment of economic globalization, surveying different approaches as to its age, drivers, and outcomes;
Introduce the students to the most topical issues of the global economy, tracing each of them back to their historical roots;
Discuss the conventional, as well as alternative, theoretical explanations of inequality, migration, trade wars, and climate change;
Assess different cases of tackling these problems by national governments and international organizations.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Analyze the links between trade, economic growth, and globalization with particular reference to developing countries’ cases;
Apply the framework of sustainable development to analyzing current global economic problems.
Critically comment on specific policy issues such as protectionism, gentrification, universal basic income, immigration controls, &c.;
Understand the economic implications of globalizing capitalism for individuals, industries, cities, and nations;

Course Contents

Introductory lecture. Short history of globalization. Fourth Industrial Revolution & sustainable development
Demographic challenges. Malthusian limits to growth. Pension crisis. Global healthcare
Food supply and the end of hunger
Migration & Urbanization
Poverty & inequality
Trade III: Economic imbalances & trade wars
Climate change

Assessment Elements

Активность на занятиях
Эссе
Эссе
Экз
Итоговая работа

Interim Assessment

2023/2024 2nd module
0.2 * Активность на занятиях + 0.3 * Активность на занятиях + 0.2 * Экз + 0.3 * Эссе

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Borjas George J. and Chiswick Barry R. Foundations of Migration Economics [Book] / ed. Elsner Benjamin. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Daron Acemoglu, & Pascual Restrepo. (2017). Secular Stagnation? The Effect of Aging on Economic Growth in the Age of Automation. American Economic Review, (5), 174. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20171101
International economics : theory and policy, Krugman, P. R., 2015
Katerina Lisenkova, Marcel MÃ©rette, & Miguel SÃ¡nchez-MartÃnez. (2014). The Long-Term Economic Impact of Reducing Migration in the UK. National Institute Economic Review, (1), 22. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.sae.niesru.v229y2014i1pr22.r30
Mathias Czaika, & Hein Haas. (2014). The Globalization of Migration: Has the World Become More Migratory? International Migration Review, (2), 283. https://doi.org/10.1111/imre.2014.48.issue-2
Michael Bordo, & Robert N McCauley. (2017). Triffin: dilemma or myth? BIS Working Papers. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.p.bis.biswps.684
See-Yan Lin Global Economy In Turbulent Times [Book]. - Singapore : John Wiley & Sons, 2015.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Cheshire Paul C., Nathan Max and Overman Henry G. Urban Economics and Urban Policy: Challenging Conventional Policy Wisdom [Book]. - Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014.
Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson, & Thierry Verdier. (2017). Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World. Journal of Political Economy, (5), 1245. https://doi.org/10.1086/693038
Pollin Robert Greening the Global Economy [Book]. - Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2015.

Authors

Daniltsev Aleksandr Vladimirovich

World Economy and International Economic Relations