Economic Growth

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

What are the drivers of economic growth? Can governments induce it? How does it interact with inequality and climate change? Having these questions in mind, this course has two objectives: The first is to familiarize students with the evolution of debate about economic growth, from the modernization theories of the 1960s to the current policy and academic debate; the second is to develop key quantitative and theoretical tools used in the current discussions about economic growth. This course will cover subtopics related to migration, agricultural development, industrial policy, climate change, and trade liberalization.