Readings:
Karl Marx (1853): The Future Results of British Rule in India http://tinyurl.com/dl20090112l
Lant Pritchett (1997): Divergence, Big Time http://tinyurl.com/dl20090112o
Gregory Clark (1987): Why Isn’t the Whole World Developed?: Lessons from the Cotton Mills http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/2121943.pdf
W. Arthur Lewis (1978): Evolution of the International Economic Order http://tinyurl.com/dl20090112m
Dani Rodrik (1995): Getting Interventions Right: How South Korea and Taiwan Grew Rich http://tinyurl.com/dl20090112t
Susan Wolcott and Gregory Clark (1999): Why Nation's Fail: Managerial Decisions and Performance in Indian Cotton Textiles, 1890-1938 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0507%28199906%2959%3A2%3C397%3AWNFMDA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9
https://www.icloud.com/keynote/0021dZ3X9btGL8HmUfimCwApA
Memo Question: Karl Marx's expectations for the economic development of India over 1850-1900 under the impact of western colonialism were, all in all, profoundly optimistic. Blood, chaos, revolution, yes—but also rapid economic development as the British millocracy throws a net of railways over India... and consequences ensue. All five of the other papers are trying to grapple with why Marx's predictions were false. Pick one paper. How good a job do you think it does?
Warm-Up:
- Looking Back (5 min): Main lessons from last time
- Today (5 min): Interesting points from reaction essays
Core:
- (10 min) Overview
- (5 min) Issues and questions
- (12 min) Marx:
- Why is this paper being written?
- What are the main arguments?
- What are the major pieces of evidence?
- Why won't those who think differently be convinced?
- Who is right?
- (12 min) Pritchett:
- Why is this paper being written?
- What are the main arguments?
- What are the major pieces of evidence?
- Why won't those who think differently be convinced?
- Who is right?
- (12 min) Clark:
- Why is this paper being written?
- What are the main arguments?
- What are the major pieces of evidence?
- Why won't those who think differently be convinced?
- Who is right?
- (12 min) Lewis:
- Why is this paper being written?
- What are the main arguments?
- What are the major pieces of evidence?
- Why won't those who think differently be convinced?
- Who is right?
- (12 min) Rodrik:
- Why is this paper being written?
- What are the main arguments?
- What are the major pieces of evidence?
- Why won't those who think differently be convinced?
- Who is right?
- (12 min) Wolcott and Clark:
- Why is this paper being written?
- What are the main arguments?
- What are the major pieces of evidence?
- Why won't those who think differently be convinced?
- Who is right?
Cool-Down:
- Looking Forward (5 min): Next time
- Looking Forward (5 min): Next reaction question