Globalization

Catalog description

Students are introduced to debates on the meaning, causes, and consequences of globalization. The role of trade, finance, labor, multinational corporations, nation-states, international institutions, and civil society will be examined. Benefits of globalization - the potential to create goods and services, employment, income and wealth - will be contrasted with its costs - volatility, contagion, environmental degradation, inequality and poverty. The course will end with a discussion of the management of globalization through global coordination and governance.