209-033-IO Globalisation and Sustainability
Study program: | Future Economics (B.Sc.) |
Academic level and semester: | Bachelor, 6th semester |
ECTS credits/workload per semester: | 6 / 150 |
Contact hours per week/contact hours per semester: | 4 / 45 |
Type/Teaching method: | Lecture, discussions, case studies, simulation (climate change negotiations) |
| Language of instruction: | English |
Frequency: | Every semester |
Lecturer: | Prof. Dr. Philipp Paulus |
Content: | This module deals with the following topics: Sustainability of global growth, theories of global governance, nationalism, subsidiarity and globalisation, global crises, international monetary system, economic development and development policies, role of natural resources and agriculture in globalization, the economics of climate change and global economic policy responses, migration and demographic changes, EU economics and regional economic integration, the international dimension of the German economy and its economic policy |
Textbooks: | Krugman, Paul, Maurice Obstfeld and Marc Melitz (2018): International Economics – Theory and Policy, London et al.: Pearson Education Limited, 11th (global) edition.·Reinhart, Carmen E. and Kenneth S. Rogoff (2009): This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, Princeton: Princeton University Press.·Rosling, Hans, Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund (2019): Factfulness – Ten Reasons we’re wrong about the world – and why things are better than you think, New York: Flatiron Books.·Stiglitz, Joseph E. (2002): Globalization and its discontents, New York: W.W.Norton & Company. Lecture notes will be provided as PDF. |
| Recommended for: | Undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | Background in Business / Economics (intermediate level) |
Restrictions: | None |
Assessment: | Written exam, presentation |