Photograph of globe showing Africa. (Image courtesy of Daniel Bersak.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Suzanne Berger
MIT Course Number
17.196 / 17.195
As Taught In
Fall 2005
Level
Undergraduate / Graduate
Translated Versions
Course Description
Course Highlights
This course features essay assignments as well as extensive reading questions, located in the study materials section.
Course Description
This seminar explores changes in the international economy and their effects on domestic politics, economy, and society. Is globalization really a new phenomenon? Is it irreversible? What are effects on wages and inequality, on social safety nets, on production, and innovation? How does it affect relations between developed countries and developing countries? How globalization affects democracy? These are some of the key issues that will be examined.
