Economic Globalization - War of (Ideological) Worlds - JPM533

• Title: Economic Globalization - War of (Ideological) Worlds
• Guaranteed by: Department of Political Science (23-KP)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unlimited / unlimited (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Mgr. Ivan Lukáš, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Mgr. Ivan Lukáš, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: LUKASI (16.02.2011)

For Harvard’s Dani Rodrik the key question is what kind of rules we need so that economic globalization does not compromise macroeconomic development objectives of nation states. The purpose of this course is to approach this question from a different perspective. What kind of rules, institutions and norms (if any at all) do we need so that economic globalization produces as many winners and as few losers as possible? The answer to this question is hidden in the mandatory readings and as the topic of the second class suggests, we need to start from a real scratch.

The course is held in fairly non technical manner and requires high school knowledge of economics and healthy dose of curiosity.

Syllabus

Last update: LUKASI (16.02.2011)

1. Introductory class

2. What we measure is what we do - alternative measurement of GDP, happiness index and de-growth

3. Taming of the Shrew? - Political economy of trade liberalization

4. Fixing Global finance - Global imbalances (Chimerica) and 2008 financial crisis, impact on developed versus poor countries, "financialization", need for financial regulation (national, supranational)

5. Aid is not enough - Fair politics, Human rights based approach and poor people

6. Institutions for Global governance - D. Rodrik’s augmented impossible trinity (AIT) : integrated national economies versus nation state versus mass politics

7. Climate negotiations (Guest lecture)

8. International agricultural trade and food security (Guest lecture)

9. OFF

10. Students’ PPP

11. Students’ PPP

12. Students’ PPP