Reader for Econ 115: Fall 2009

Economics 115: Fall 2009: TTh 12:30-2, F295 Haas

READER:

• Partha Dusgupta, “Prologue,” Chapter 1 in Partha Dasgupta, Economics: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2007, pp. 1-13
• Richard Sylla and Gianni Toniolo, “Introduction,” in Richard Sylla and Gianni Toniolo (eds.), Patterns of European Industrialization During the 19th Century, London: Routledge (1991), pp. 1-26.
• Jared Diamond (1987), "The Invention of Agriculture: The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race," Discover. http://www.scribd.com/doc/2100251/Jared-Diamond-The-Worst-Mistake-in-the-History-of-the-Human-Race
• John Maynard Keynes (1920). The Economic Consequences of the Peace. Chapter 2. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15776
• Richard E. Baldwin and Philippe Martin, “Two Waves of Globalisation: Superficial Similarities, Fundamental Differences,” NBER Working Paper no. 6904 (January 1999). http://papers.nber.org/papers/w6904.pdf.
• Michael Bordo, "Globalization in Historical Perspective," Business Economics (January 2002). http:/people.ucsc.edu/~hutch/Econ143/bordo.pdf
• W. Arthur Lewis. The Evolution of the International Economic Order, pp. 1-38 (chapters 1-6).
• W. Arthur Lewis. The Evolution of the International Economic Order, pp. 39-75 (chapters 7-10).
• Charles Feinstein, Peter Temin and Gianni Toniolo, The European Economy Between the Wars (Oxford 1997), chapters 2, 3 and 5, pp. 18-53 and 84-102.
• Charles Feinstein, Peter Temin and Gianni Toniolo, The European Economy Between the Wars (Oxford 1997), chapter 6, pp. 103-117.
• Peter Fearon, “Hoover, Roosevelt and American Economic Policy During the 1930s,” in W.R. Garside, Capitalism in Crisis: International Responses to the Great Depression (Pinter Publishers, 1993), pp. 114-147.
• Peter Howlett, “The Legacy of the Second World War,” in Max-Stephan Schulze (ed.), Western Europe: Economic and Social Change Since 1945 (Longman, 1999), chapter 1, pp. 5-22.
• Till Geiger, “Reconstruction and the Beginnings of European Integration,” in Max-Stephan Schulze (ed.), Western Europe: Economic and Social Change since 1945 (Longman, 1999), Chapter 3, pp. 23-41.
• N.F.R Crafts, “The Great Boom, 1950-73,” in Max-Stephan Schulze (ed.), Western Europe: Economic and Social Change since 1945, chapter 4, pp. 42-62.
• Larry Neal and Daniel Barbazat, The Economics of the European Union and the Economies of Europe (Oxford University Press, 1998), chapter 4, pp. 70-87.
• Richard Ericson, “The Classical Soviet-Type Economy: Nature of the System and Implications for Reform,” Journal of Economic Perspectives 5:4 (Autumn) 1991, pp. 11-27.
• Dani Rodrik, “Getting Interventions Right: How South Korea and Taiwan Grew Rich,” Economic Policy 20, (1995) pp. 55-107.
• Edward J. Lincoln, “Japan's Financial Problems,” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (1998), pp. 347-385. http://ideas.repec.org/a/bin/bpeajo/v29y1998i1998-2p347-385.html
• Anil Kashyap, “Sorting Out Japan's Financial Crisis,” Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Economic Perspectives 2002 (fourth quarter), pp. 42-55.
• Lant Pritchett, “Divergence, Big Time,” Journal of Economic Perspectives (Summer 1997), pp.3-17
• Paul Collier and Jan Willem Gunning, “Why Has Africa Grown Slowly?” Journal of Economic Perspectives (1999), pp. 3-22.
• Jeromin Zettelmeyer, “Growth and Reforms in Latin America: A Survey of Facts and Arguments,” IMF Working Paper no. WP/06/210 (September 2006). http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=19436
• John H. Coatsworth, “Structures, Endowments, and Institutions in the Economic History of Latin America, Latin American Research Review 40 (2005), pp. 126-144.
• Johannes Linn, “Ten Years of Transition in Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union: The Good News and the Not-So-Good News,” in Mario Blejer and Marko Skreb (eds.), Transition: The First Decade (MIT Press, 2002), pp. 15-44
• Hans-Werner Sinn, “The Withering East,” in Can Germany Be Saved? (MIT Press, 2007), First part of chapter 5, pp .139-161.
• Gregory C. Chow, “How and Why China Succeeded in Her Economic Reform,” China Economic Review (1993), pp. 117-128. http://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/chieco/v4y1993i2p117-128.html
• Louis Kuijs and Tao Wang, “Chinaís Pattern of Growth: Moving to Sustainability and Reducing Inequality,” World Bank Policy Research Paper no. 3767 (November 2005).
• J. Bradford DeLong, “India since Independence: An Analytical Growth Narrative,” unpublished manuscript, UC Berkeley. http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/Econ_Articles/India/India_Rodrik_DeLong.html
• Dani Rodrik and Arvind Subraminaian, “From Hindu Growth to Productivity Surge: The Mystery of the Indian Growth Transition,” NBER Working Paper no. 10376 (March 2004). http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10376.pdf.
• Andrew Berg, “The Asian Crisis: Causes, Policy Responses and Outcomes,” IMF Working Paper no. 99/138 (October 1999). http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3295.0
• Olivier Blanchard, “The Economic Future of Europe,” Journal of Economic Perspectives (2004), pp. 3-26.