Topics may include Colonialism, Neo-Colonialism, foreign corporations, debt crises, problems of industrialization, agricultural backwardness. Intensive examination of major nations. A survey and analysis of economic development in China and its linkages with politics, history, society, and foreign policy. Directed readings in the literature of economics. Intensive reading of economic literature on special topics under faculty supervision.
Topics vary with the needs and interest of students and faculty.
Detailed analysis of questions of economics policy. Areas of investigation include social welfare policy, farm policy, environmental quality policy, and others. Topics to be varied with the interests and needs of students and faculty. Approved for SP grading. These pages are maintained by their creator, John A. Shaw.