Llicenciatura en Economia (3322)
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Història Econòmica Internacional(11855) 

I. THE AMERICAN CENTURY

Tema 1

The American Century.

Tema 2

(1870-1914) The rise of the United States to World Technological Leadership.

Tema 3

(1914-1929) World War I and the failure of the 1920s: the unwilling leader.

Tema 4

(1929-1933) The Great Depression: explaining the contraction.

Tema 5

(1933-1939) The Great Depression: the recovery?

Tema 6

(1939-1950) World War II and its consequences.

Tema 7

(1950-1970) The Golden Age of the capitalist economy.

Tema 8

(1970-1980s) Stagflation and oil crises: a different kind of World economy globalization: the american perspective.

Bibliografia

EICHENGREEN, B. "U.S. Foreign Financial Relations in the Twentieth Century". A: ENGERMAN, S.; GALLMAN (eds.). The Cambridge History of the United States. 2000. Vol. 3.
LINDERT, P. H. "U.S. Foreign Trade and Trade Policy in the Twentieth Century". A: ENGERMAN, S.; GALLMAN (eds.). The Cambridge History of the United States. 2000. Vol. 3.

II. EUROPE, JAPAN AND THEIR COLONIES. TRADE, FINANCE AND POLICY

Tema 9

The legacy of the 19th Century: empires and globalization.

Tema 10

The Big Shock: first World War.

Tema 11

The turmoil of the Post-War years.

Tema 12

The Great Depression.

Tema 13

A regionalised World.

Tema 14

World War II and the new World order.

Tema 15

The golden years.

Tema 16

The 70s crisis.

Tema 17

The second globalization era.

Bibliografia

TEMIN, P. Lessons from the Great Depression. Cambridge: MIT, 1995. [Versió castellana: Lecciones de la Gran Depresión. Madrid: Alianza, 1995].

III. INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND GLOBALISATION

Tema 18

Globalisation and income convergence among countries (1870-1913) and considerations on the interwar period.

Tema 19

When has income distribution been more unequal? Germany and the Soviet Union in the interwar period.

Tema 20

Income and wealth distribution in the long run. An overview.

Bibliografia

BOURGUIGNON, F.; MORRISON, C. "Inequality Among World Citizens: 1820-1992". The American Economic Review. Setembre del 2002.
TEMIN, P. "Soviet and nazi economic planning in the 1930's". Economic History Review, XLIV, 4. 1991.
WILLIAMSON, J. G. "Winners and losers over two centuries of globalisation". NBER Working Paper, 9161. 2002.

Casos 1: Latin American cases
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Central America, Colombia, Cuba, México, Other economies (Perú, Bolivia and Venezuela).

Casos 2: Asia & Pacific, the Middle East, historical episodes
Japan, South Korea, Eastern Asia, The Pacific Rim, Middle East economies, The Economics of World War II, The Great Depression and the Gold Standard.

Casos 3: Inequality, migration, globalisation
The Age of Mass Migration, Globalisation and History, Income Distribution in Historical Perspective, Soviet Union, Third Reich Germany, West Africa.