Trace the impact of international institutions on the global economy in this fascinating course taught by a noted economist.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: The Politics of Economic Institutions
- 02: Financial Regulation across Borders
- 03: International Anarchy under One Roof
- 04: Messy Multilateralism
- 05: The Fed and the Roles of Central Banks
- 06: The Pre-World War II Rise of Big Government
- 07: Interest Groups, the State, and Corporatism
- 08: The World Bank, Poverty, and Violence
- 09: Group Choices: Rock, Paper, Scissors
- 10: The United Nations: A League of Its Own
- 11: Exchange Rates and the Gold Standard
- 12: What Caused the Great Depression?
- 13: "Higgledy Piggledy": F. D. R.'s Stimulus Plan
- 14: The Bank for International Settlements
- 15: Intrigue at Bretton Woods: July 1944
- 16: The International Monetary Fund
- 17: The Asian Development Bank
- 18: The World Trade Organization
- 19: The Euro
- 20: The Great Recession: Mismanaging Risk
- 21: After the Recession: A Bigger House of Cards
- 22: Banking Supervision and the Basel Accords
- 23: A Unified Europe, and Then Brexit
- 24: The G-Zero Era of Instability
Taught by
Ramon P. DeGennaro