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CLASS # TOPICS READINGS ASSIGNMENTS
1 Introduction and Overview

Rosenberg, Tina. "The Free Trade Fix."

Crook, Clive. "Globalisation and its Critics." The Economist. A Survey of Globalisation. Available at: http://www.economist.com/surveys/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=795995

Cassen, Bernard. "To Save Society." Available at: http://mondediplo.com/1997/05/globalisation3156

Recommended Readings:

Greider, William. One World, Ready or Not. Chap. 1, 2, and 14.

Friedman, Thomas L. The Lexus and the Olive Tree. Chap. 1-6.

PART I: Globalization: A New Economic Order? The Historical Antecedents

2 Domestic and International Economies in the 19th Century Polanyi, Karl. The Great Transformation. Chap. 3-6, 12, and 21.
3 Globalization before World War One

Angell, Norman. The Great Illusion. Chap. 1-4.

Hirst, Paul, and Grahame Thompson. Globalization in Question. 2nd ed. Chap. 1 and 2.

4 The Postwar Settlement: Trade, Welfare and Economic Growth

Bhagwati, Jagdish. Protectionism.

Recommended Readings:

Ruggie, John. "International Regimes, Transactions, and Change: Embedded Liberalism in the Postwar Order."

Paper topic to be distributed. Paper 1 due at start of class #5.
5 The Debate over Trade Today: The Critics

"Citizen's Guide to the WTO."

Morris, David. "Free Trade: The Great Destroyer."

Daly, Herman. "Free Trade: The Perils of Deregulation."

Paper 1 due.

PART II: Creating The Global Economy.

6 Capital Flows

Strange, Susan. Casino Capitalism. Chap. 1, 2, and 6.

"Fear of Finance." The Economist. A Survey of the World Economy.

Frieden, Jeffry. "Invested Interests: The Politics of National Economic Policies in a World of Global Finance."

7 Multinational Enterprises

Hirst, Paul, and Grahame Thompson. Globalization in Question. Chap. 3.

Carson, Iain. "The World as a Single Machine." The Economist. A Manufacturing Survey. Available at: http://www.economist.com/surveys/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=168615

Gourevitch, P., R. E. Bohn, and D. McKendrick. "Who is Us? The Nationality Problem in Globalization of Production."

Graham, Edward M. Global Corporations and National Governments.

Recommended Readings: 

Dunning, John. Multinational Enterprises and the Global Economy. Chap. 1 and 2.

8 Globalization and Development

Hirst and Thompson. Chap. 5.

Sala-I-Martin, Xavier. "The Disturbing 'Rise' of Global Income Inequality."

WSF International People's Tribunal on Debt. "Verdict."

Recommended Readings:

World Bank. The East Asian Miracle. Chap. 1-3. (Overview.)

PART III: Consequences of Globalization.

9 Does Globalization Increase Unemployment and Inequality? Rodrik, Dani. Has Globalization Gone Too Far? The second paper topic will be distributed. Paper 2 due at start of class #11.
10 Does Globalization Destroy the Power of the State? Are Reform and Redistribution Still Possible?

Berger, Suzanne, and Ron Dore, eds. National Diversity and Global Capitalism. Introduction, Chap. 1, 2, 5, 11, 14, and 15.

Garrett, Geoffrey. "Global Markets and National Politics: Collision Course or Virtuous Circle."

Recommended Readings:

Berger, Suzanne. "Globalization and Politics."

11 Globalization and Democracy Nader, Ralph, and Lori Wallach. "GATT, NAFTA, and the Subversion of the Democratic Process." Paper 2 due.