Updated April 30, 2003.

Note: Check this page frequently throughout the semester for the most up-to-date schedule of readings and assignments as adjustments may be made.

Week 1 (Jan 21)

Tuesday
Introduction

Thursday
Heilbroner and Milberg, The Making of Economic Society.  Ch. 1
Easterlin, Richard A.,  Growth Truimphant. Ch. 10

Week 2 (Jan 28)

Tuesday
Landes, David S.,  The Wealth and Poverty of Nations.  Ch. [1-4]

Thursday
Landes [14, 15, 20]

Week 3 (Feb 4)

Tuesday
Landes [21, 29, epiloge]

Thursday
Heilbroner and Milberg.  Ch. 13
Todaro, Michael, Economic Development.  Ch. 3

Week 4 (Feb 11)

Tuesday
Oral Presentations:  Sanford, Samual K., Emilia Patrick
Grameen Bank Video

Thursday
Oral Presentations: Shaw, David T., Becker, Heather R.
North, Douglass C.  Institutions, Ideology, and Economic Performance, in Dorn, Hanke, and Walters (eds) The Revolution in Development Economics.
Rowley, Charles K.  Institutional Choice and Public Choice:  Lessons for the Third World, in Dorn, Hanke, and Walters (eds) The Revolution in Development Economics.

Week 5 (Feb 18)

Tuesday
Guest Lecture Cancelled--Moved to Thursday

Thursday
Guest Lecture: Mr. Adib Faris, Internews.

Week 6 (Feb 25)

Tuesday
Oral Presentations: Kristina Smith, Barber, Jesse W., Maria-Moloney, Nicola
Harf and Lombardi.  Taking Sides:  Global Issues.  Issue 8.  

Thursday
Oral Presentations: Barienbrock, Vanessa A., Guzzi, Catherine A., Jensen, Katherine P.
Smith, Stephen C.  Case Studies in Economic Development.  Ch. 8, AIDS in Uganda.
Smith.  Ch. 15, Debt for Nature Swap in Bolivia.

Week 7 (Mar 4)

Tuesday
Weiss, Linda. The Myth of the Powerless State.  Ch. 6
DeLong, Bradford J., "Globalization" and "Neoliberalism."

Thursday
Oral Presentations: Lower, Jennifer L., Darcy, Mary E.
Gerber, James.  International Economics.  Ch. 2

Week 8 (Mar 11)

Tuesday
Guest Lecture: Sterling Evans, History.

Thursday
Oral Presentations: Villarreal, Elizabeth, Gonzales, Cristina M.
Gerber, Ch. 3

Week 9 (Mar 25)

Tuesday
Guest Lecture: Robert White, Government and Politics.

Thursday
Oral Presentations: Slater, Beth A., O'Quinn, Heilee P.
Gerber, Ch. 3

Week 10 (Apr 1)

Tuesday
Guest Lecture:  Kenneth Davlin, Oscar Larson & Associates, "Business Issues in Russia"

Thursday
Oral Presentations: Rostad, Alecia N., Gamble, Robert F.
Gerber, Ch. 3

Week 11 (Apr 8)

Tuesday
Guest Lecture:  Peter Noble, Business Administration "Relocating to a Foreign Land"

Thursday
Oral Presentations: Barnwell, Melissa A., Morales, Henry C.
Gerber, Ch. 3

Week 12 (Apr 15)

Tuesday
Oral Presentations: Combs, Jamie L., Hansen, Naomi C.
Gerber, Ch. 4

Thursday
Oral Presentations: Ebert, Benjamin A., Krug, Emily D.
Gerber, Ch. 4

Week 13 (Apr 22)

Tuesday
Oral Presentations: Werbel, Ashley S., Ott, Christopher J.
Gerber, Ch. 6 (skim lightly) and Ch. 7

Thursday
Oral Presentations: Daiki Kobayashi, Britta Gudmunson
Gerber, Ch. 7

Week 14 (Apr 29)

Tuesday
Oral Presentations: Garcia Jauregui, Jennifer Jean D.
Gerber, Ch. 7

Thursday
Oral Presentations: Duncan, Jesse D., Kuehnl, Mika M. 
Gerber, Ch. 8

Week 15 (May 6)

Tuesday
Rodrik, Dani,  Has Globalization Gone Too Far?, Ch. 2, 3

Thursday
Oral Presentations: Renee Uzzardi, Kevin Flaherty
Rodrik.  Ch. 4, 5
Evaluation Day