GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE WORLD ECONOMY

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This course analyzes the role of geographical endowments, culture, institutions and history on economic growth and contemporary economic performance. Students explore questions such as why some countries are rich while others are poor, why some societies developed more quickly than others and why Europe conquered the Americas instead of the other way around. Students also investigate the lives of the world's poor, the constraints they face and the choices they make by examining issues in developing countries such as foreign aid, food access and hunger, health, education, fertility decisions, credit and insurance. PREREQ: ECON 201 AND ((COBE MAJOR: 2.50 CUMULATIVE GPA) OR (NON-COBE MAJOR/MINOR/COBE MINOR: 60 CREDITS AND 2.00 CUMULATIVE GPA))