Generating the Wealth of Nations

The course will cover the development of the world economy by concentrating on the following main episodes and events:

• Introduction to the history of economic development
  
• The Malthusian Era 
• The Industrial revolution
  
• The first era of globalisation and the rise of the United States
• The Great Depression
• The Golden Age
• Japan and High Performing Asian Economies
• China and former Soviet Union
• The history of economic development in Africa
  
• The history of economic development in Latin America