Map of Western Europe. (Courtesy U.S. Department of Agriculture.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Suzanne Berger
MIT Course Number
17.158
As Taught In
Spring 2003
Level
Undergraduate / Graduate
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Course Description
Course Highlights
This course includes topics for two short papers and one extended research paper, which can be found in the assignments section.
Course Description
Examines role of European states in postwar period of rapid economic growth and current crisis. Includes analysis of different state traditions ("etatist," liberal, authoritarian); government's role in decline of some economies and rise of others; why and where Keynesianism, indicative planning, and state enterprises were introduced; alternative conceptions of contemporary economic problems (new international division of labor? too few producers? oil shock?); and of policies to deal with them (industrial policy? monetarism? protectionism?).