At the end of this course the students will be able to...
- explain the American and British schools of International Political Economy (IPE) and their relative weaknesses and strengths, and evaluate the current status of IPE as an academic discipline
- define and explain main IPE theories and sub-theories
- identify to which perspective and which school the IPE texts they read belong to and critically assess them
- explain the main debates on international trade and the interest-based approaches
- explain the main changes going on in the international production and investment and critically assess the behavior and role of multinational companies
- explain the pros and cons of financial globalization and evaluate the effects of capital controls
- explain and evaluate the position of underdeveloped countries in the world, the reasons behind their underdevelopment, and the strategies they follow to advance
- critically assess the current trends in the global economy and possible future scenarios