INTL 102: Economics, Politics, and InternationalChange
Heidi McNamara
University of California, San Diego
January 6, 2016
Heidi McNamara INTL 102: Week One Section
Who Am I?
Heidi McNamara
Email: [email protected]
Office Hours: Tuesdays 11-1
Office: SSB 343
Heidi McNamara INTL 102: Week One Section
Grades and such
I MidtermI 30% of gradeI Short-answer IDs and 1 essay
I FinalI 50% of gradeI Short-answer IDs and 2 essays
I Section ParticipationI 20% of grade
I 8% Weekly Reading QuizzesI 12% Attendance and Participation
Heidi McNamara INTL 102: Week One Section
Goals and Expectations
Heidi McNamara INTL 102: Week One Section
Big Questions
1. What explains differences in economic growth rates acrosscountries and over time?
2. What explains the distribution of wealth and income acrosscountries and within them?
3. What is the relationship between globalization, economicgrowth, and the distribution of wealth?
Heidi McNamara INTL 102: Week One Section
Key Concepts: Arbitrage and the Law-of-One-Price
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Key Concepts: Home-country Bias
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Key Concepts: “Golden Age,” 1870-1914
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Key Concepts: “Interwar Backlash,” 1919-1939
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Key Concepts: Technological Change and Globalization
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Discussion Questions
1. Is globalization a new phenomenon?
2. How can we adjudicate how far globalization has proceeded?(hint: two methods) Using these metrics, how globalized doyou think we are today?
3. What technological advances have spurred globalization? Arethese enough to guarantee the continued interdependence ofthe world economy?
Heidi McNamara INTL 102: Week One Section
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