International Political Economy

Why do governments choose the economic policies that they do? How do states govern the flow of goods, money, people, and pollution across borders? How does that shape elections and patterns of political contestation? This course explores these and other questions while surveying the international politics of climate, migration, money and finance, and trade. We analyze a range of theoretical approaches and apply those theories to modern and historical cases. In a series of interactive case studies, students step into the shoes of political leaders contending with real-world economic policy challenges.