Global Economy

Taught by Sunil Gulati. Features numerous famous speakers, including:

• Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute
• Joseph Stiglitz
• Xavier Sala-i-Martin, Columbia professor
• Robert Mundell, Columbia professor and Nobel Prize winner
• Jagdish Bhagwati, Columbia professor
• Padma Desai, Columbia professor
• Glenn Hubbard, Dean of CBS
• Arvind Panagariya, Columbia professor
• Dominic Salvatore, author of the course textbook
• Vijay Vaitheeswaran, The Economist journalist
• Martin Werner, Goldman Sachs partner

Syllabus

• Introduction

• International Economics
• General Equilibrium Tools: Assumptions/Results in Autarky

• International Trade Theory I

• Comparative Advantage I: the Ricardian Model
• Comparative Advantage II: Neoclassical/Heckscher‐Ohlin Model

• International Trade Theory II

• Trade and Welfare
• Empirical Evidence
• Other Trade Theories

• Commercial Policy

• Tariffs
• Non‐Tariff Barriers

• Resources and People Movements

• Investment; immigration Issues

• Economic Integration
• Intro to International Finance
• International Finance
• Exchange Rates & Interest Rate Parity
• Open Economy Macro I
• Open Economy Macro II
• Economic Development Issues I
• Economic Development Issues II
• Economic Development Issues III