Contemporary Theories of Political Economy - Fall 2014
Contemporary Theories of Political Economy Location: TuTh 2-3:30P, 2040 VLS
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Session 1 Introduction
Session 2 Economic Liberalism
Session 3 Rational Choice Theory
Session 4 The Problem of Collective Action
Session 5 The Coase Theorem and Free Trade
Session 6 Free Trade and Polanyi Critique
Session 7 Polanyi's Critique of Economic Liberalism
Session 8 Political Liberalism and Equality
Session 9 Distributive Justice, Markets and Democracy
Session 10 Radical Equality and Inequality
Session 11 Communities of Equality
Session 12 Hierarchical Communities
Session 13 Economic Nationalism
Session 14 Depression and the rise of Nationalism
Session 15 Saving Liberalism two ways: Keynes and Kindelberger
Session 16 Saving Free Trade: Institutions and a Liberal Hegemon
Session 17 Theories of the welfare state
Session 18 Liberal Theories of Development
Session 19 Dependency Theory
Session 20 State-led Liberalism
Session 21 Testing Development Theories: China as a Case Study
Session 22 From Embedded Liberalism to Neo-liberalism and Globalization
Session 23 Globalization and Shifting World Power
Session 24 Globalization and Inequality in the United States
Session 25 Political Economy of the Global Commons
Session 26 Tragedy of the Global Commons: The Arctic
Session 27 Study Guide and Things to Think About