America and the New Global Economy

Discover how the world economy has changed in the last 50 years with this course that explains how the economies of each major region of the world have developed.

• By This Professor
• 01: The World Economy since 1950
• 02: The U.S. in the World Economy-1960 to 1995
• 03: The U.S. Economy Resurgent?
• 04: Europe-From Catch-Up to Jobless Growth
• 05: The Single European Market
• 06: The Rise of the Euro
• 07: The Economy of the Soviet Union
• 08: Transitions from Communism to Markets
• 09: Japan's Economic Miracle
• 10: When Japan's Bubble Economy Burst
• 11: Government versus Market in East Asia
• 12: East Asia's Tigers-Restore the Roar?
• 13: China's Gradualist Economic Reforms
• 14: China's Challenges for Continued Growth
• 15: India and the License Raj
• 16: India's Turn toward Market Economics
• 17: Inherited Institutions in the Middle East
• 18: The Curse of Oil Wealth in the Middle East
• 19: Africa's Geography and History
• 20: Time for Optimism on Africa?
• 21: Latin America and Import Substitution
• 22: Markets or Populism in Latin America?
• 23: Globalization in Goods and Services
• 24: Globalization of Capital Flows
• 25: The Foreign Exchange Market
• 26: Migration-Senders and Recipients
• 27: Global Population Growth
• 28: World Poverty-Growth or Redistribution?
• 29: Global Food Markets-The Supply-Demand Race
• 30: An Urbanizing World
• 31: Women in the Global Economy
• 32: Improving Governance, Fighting Corruption
• 33: Foreign Aid-Promises and Limits
• 34: The Multilaterals-World Bank, IMF, WTO
• 35: The Economics of Global Climate Change
• 36: Globalization and Convergence