Reading List
INTL 310--Global Economics and Politics

The following readings are either distributed as a Handout in class, available online or for one-hour, in-library Reserve, downloadable from this Webpage, or available at the Bookstore.

Most reserve readings will be available online through the library's "Oncores" website <http://webvoyager.humboldt.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=rbSearch>.  The username is 'oncores' and the password is 'dragon'.
 

    Heilbroner and Milberg.  The Making of Economic Society, Ch. 1 (Handout), 13 (Reserve)

    Easterlin, Richard A.  Growth Truimphant. Ch. 10 (Reserve)

    Landes, David S.  The Wealth and Poverty of Nations.  Ch. [1-4], [14, 15, 20], [21, 29, epiloge] (Bookstore)

    North, Douglass C.  Institutions, Ideology, and Economic Performance, in Dorn, Hanke, and Walters (eds) The Revolution in Development Economics. (Reserve)

    Rowley, Charles K.  Institutional Choice and Public Choice:  Lessons for the Third World, in Dorn, Hanke, and Walters (eds) The Revolution in Development Economics. (Webpage)

    Harf and Lombardi.   Taking Sides:  Global Issues, 1st Edition.  Issue #8 (Reserve)
    Taking Sides #13 ,#15 (Handouts)

    Smith, Stephen C.  Case Studies in Economic Development.  Ch. 8, AIDS in Uganda (Reserve)
    Smith, Ch. 15, Debt for Nature Swap in Bolivia (Webpage)

    Weiss, Linda. The Myth of the Powerless State, Ch. 6 (Webpage)

     DeLong, Bradford J.  "Globalization" and "Neoliberalism." (Webpage)

    Burless, Lawrence, Litan, and Shapiro.  Globaphobia.  Ch. 6 (Handout), 7 (Reserve)

    Rodrik, Dani.  Has Globalization Gone Too Far? (Bookstore)

    Gerber, James, International Economics, second edition.  (Bookstore)

    Todaro, Michael, Economic Development, seventh edition.  Ch. 3 (Reserve)
 

Videos:

    Grameen Bank Video
 
 
 

As time permits:

       Heilbroner and Milberg.  The Making of Economic Society, Ch. 12

       Mokyr, Joel.  The Lever of Riches.  Ch. 11 (Reserve)

       Sen, Amartya.  The Concept of Wealth, in Myers (ed) The Wealth of Nations in the Twentieth Century. (Reserve)

       Maddison, Angus.  Growth Acceleration and Slowdown:  Postwar Experience in Historical and Comparative Perspective, in Myers (ed) The Wealth of Nations in the Twentieth Century. (Handout)

       Black, Jan Knippers.  Development in Theory and Practice.  Ch. 1-3 (Handout, Reserve)

       Landes, David S.  The Wealth and Poverty of Nations.  Ch. [13, 19]

       Harf and Lombardi.  Taking Sides:  Global Issues, 1st Edition.  (Taking Sides) [3, 7], [1, 4],14, [5, 9],[11, 12, 20]

    Smith, Stephen C.  Case Studies in Economic Development.  Ch. 7, Somalia famine

    Weiss Ch. 7 (Handout, Reserve)

    Burless, Lawrence, Litan, and Shapiro.  Globaphobia.  Ch. 2

   Jones, E. L.  Growth Recurring.  Ch. 5-8

   O'Brien and Williamson "Globalization and History"

   WTO Video