International Political Economy (Fall 09): Recent Episodes
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Here’s the Reuters story to which I referred: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE56L33Z20090722
PK has a new editorial on our current government deficits: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/opinion/23krugman.html?_r=1 I thought it was apropos of our recent discussions about indebtedness.
New article from BusinessWeek on some potential hitches to the implementation of “cap and trade.” http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_48/b4157054815275.htm
Some recent news related to IPE: http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14901104&source=features_box_main http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14900648&source=features_box_main http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14744915
The IPE podcast for fall 2009 is up and working! I’ve added a new page entitled Podcast with the information. Here’s a direct link to the iTunes Store:
“Dominion over…the Earth”: International Environmental Politics (Thur 12 Nov) Slides / Audio
Al Gore was on The Daily Show last week. I’ve just put the clip in as “recommended” for tomorrow’s reading. You can check it out here: Recommended: “Al Gore.” The Daily Show. Comedy Central, November 3, 2009. Available via: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-november-4-2009/al-gore
Some folks at the European Centre for International Political Economy have written a paper suggesting that China’s use of its “Great Firewall”–which blocks pernicious web presences like, say, Google–may run contrary to some of the WTO agreements. Here’s the Ars write up: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/smashing-chinas-great-firewall-through-trade-disputes.ars Seeing my two of my favorite things combined–tech & IPE–almost made my […]
“Be Fruitful and Multiply”: Economic Development and Population Growth (Tue 10 Nov) Slides / Audio
The following are several articles about money, which I think follow our ongoing discussion nicely: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125549031253384213.html http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/eichengreen10 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rogoff61/English http://www.ny.frb.org/aboutthefed/fedpoint/fed49.html
We’re starting our consideration of money on Thursday. Krugman’s latest editorial explicitly links the “gold-standard mentality” to some of the current approaches to the contemporary crisis. I think you’ll enjoy it: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/opinion/12krugman.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
In the spirit of the discussion about “exchange controls”, here’s a quick article about China’s restrictions on the sale of foreign goods in the domestic market. China is allowed to impose traditional “capital controls” according to the IMF and WTO agreements; but the WTO doesn’t like China trying to regulate trade & commerce. So, we […]
The G-20 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/32e586c0-a7a0-11de-b0ee-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=60a3db68-b177-11dd-b97a-0000779fd18c.html?nclick_check=1 http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/09/22/f-g20-agenda.html Tobin Taxes (which we’ll cover later) http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14455661&source=hptextfeature Net Neutrality http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10357806-266.html John Stewart on Ted Stevens on Net Neutrality http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-july-12-2006/headlines—internet http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-july-12-2006/party-pooper
The Three I’s: Domestic Interests, Institutions, and Ideas (Tue 22 Sept) Slides / Audio
International Structures: The Distribution of Power and International Institutions (Thur 17 Sept) Slides / Audio
In several places on this site, I emphasize the importance of regularly backing up your data. Of course, the easiest way to do this might just be to buy an external drive. But if you’re short on cash, this article from Gizmodo details some of the ways to do this without the expense of buying […]
The Discussion Questions for next week have been posted. In the future, I’ll try to get them up by Friday evening of the previous week. Last week, I had some beginning of the term events and the usual preoccupations which prevented that.
This site should now be current. All of the readings, the course schedule, assignments, &c. have all been finalized. Please contact me if anything appears awry. Welcome to Fall, 2009!
Introduction and Overview: What is IPE? Why should we care? (Tue 8 Sept) Slides / Audio
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