This course examines the complex relationships between the process of economic development and gender inequality. Students will be introduced to the theoretical frameworks and debates that have shaped the analysis of gender and economic development. This will be followed by an exploration of the interactions between economic development policy and gender relations in the global South.

Focusing on Calcutta (present day Kolkata) and Bombay (present day Mumbai), the two most important port cities and industrial centers of British India, this course examines how trade and industrialization shaped urban society and politics in colonial India.

The history of Capitalism has often been portrayed as having a singular origin in the process of enclosures in the English countryside and the rise of factories in English cities. This course explores the antecedents of institutions and instruments which have been widely associated with Capitalism but were in use in various part of the globe prior to the Industrial revolution in England. In examining these histories students get to understand our shared economic past and more critically appreciate the present.

Liars' Economics will introduce students to skeptical and effective consumption and production of information in the era of big data. Students will learn how to spot and avoid statistical pitfalls, irrational decisions, fake news, information out of context, and blind faith. The course will draw from historical examples and current events and from contemporary debates in economics and political economy. Students will practice interpreting, visualizing, and writing about big data.

This class provides a thorough introduction to the field of international political economy (IPE), and thus to the study of how the global economy is governed. The class first reviews different theoretical approaches to international political economy and its foundational concepts. We will cover hegemonic stability theory, the economic benefits of creating international institutions and transnational regulatory standards, and how economic hierarchies structure the world.

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Have we entered a new Era of Social Organization: the Era of Financialization? Financialization is the increasing role of financial motives, financial markets, financial actors, and financial institutions in the operations of domestic and international economies. We could add, that financialization also increases all of these roles in the interaction with society more broadly. If we have have entered a new era of financialization: what does this mean about the way our economy works? Does it mean that the economy serves finance instead of finance serving the economy?