Honors 1520

Honors 1520

Revolution 5: Economic Integration

Fall 2009

Weeks 10-11

Readings:

New York Times and Wall Street Journal
Globalization: The Facts,” New Internationalist, http://www.newint.org/issue296/facts.html.
Proportion of income received by the 40 percent of households with lowest income,” UN data: A World of Information, Updated Feb 11, 2009, http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=SOWC&f=inID%3a110; "Proportion of income received by the 20 percent of households with highest income," UN Data: A World of Information, Updated Feb 11, 2009.
GDP per capita average annual growth rate,” UN data: A World of Information, http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?q=developing+countries+GDP&d=SOWC&f=inID%3a93%3bcrID%3a10%2c16%2c18.
Dominic Wilson and Roopa Purushothaman, Global Economics Paper No: 99, Goldman Sachs, October 2003, http://www2.goldmansachs.com/ideas/brics/book/99-dreaming.pdf.
Ian Bremmer, “Taking a Brick Out of BRIC,” Fortune, February 7, 2006, http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/02/20/8369169/index.htm

October 26

discussion of handout, New York Times, Wall Street Journal

October 28

discussion of above readings

October 30
no class

November 2
Oral presentation #4

Global Tourism: Key Facts & Figures,” Rotorua, http://www.rotoruanz.com/rotorua/info/stats/global_tourism.php.
World Publics Welcome Global Trade - But Not Immigration, The Pew Global Attitudes Project, Pew Research Center, 2007, http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=258.
Country Comparisons – Exports,” The World Fact Book, Central Intelligence Agency, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2078rank.html.
The U.S.-Canada Trade and Investment Partnership,” Government of Canada, http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/san_francisco/commerce_can/trade_partnership-partenariat_commerce.aspx?lang=eng&menu_id=35&menu=L.

November 4
Times and issues Forum

November 6
Response Paper #4: Write in response to one of the discussion questions from GSI:

peer review; final due November 9