HS 324F — Globalization and Welfare Capitalism

Meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit.

Addresses the tensions between national democracy and free trade. Students will explore such issues as trade and economic efficiency, immigration, global efforts to expand democracy, the uses of trade to undermine social standards; development needs of the Global South; global labor markets; and global civil society. We will examine frictions between national industrial policy and free trade; and institutions such as the World Trade Organization, IMF, World Bank. Learning outcomes are an enhanced ability to assess arguments regarding globalization and to cogently analyze, speak, and write about them. Students are expected to actively participate in teaching and learning with written and verbal presentations. Usually offered every year.