TTC Video - Why Economies Rise or Fall

TTC Video - Why Economies Rise or Fall
Why Economies Rise or Fall
Course No. 5574 (24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)
Taught by Peter Rodriguez
Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
Ph.D., Princeton University
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How can a nation create the conditions for economic growth and prosperity, improving people%27s lives on both the individual and national levels? And what, once these conditions are achieved, can it do to sustain this progress? Do any of the many "isms" under which we organize our economic philosophies hold the answer?
While an insightful understanding of different economic approaches has always been essential for policymakers, it is equally important for those of us who might not steer the economy but must still live and function within it.
Such an understanding is the key to making sense of not only economic events but of "noneconomic" news as well, allowing us to anticipate the economic consequences that can impact both the nation%27s economy and one%27s personal economy. And, of course, it sharpens the judgment you already bring to your own discussions of the issues.
In the 24 lectures of Why Economies Rise or Fall, Professor Peter Rodriguez of the University of Virginia guides you through a stimulating and, above all, accessible examination of what economists know and don%27t know about this elusive search for economic prosperity.
Discover the Truths of Economic Success and Failure
The last 200 years of economic history have offered us a wealth of information useful in probing the question of why economies rise or fall. Much of this information is rooted in several influential theories, developed by such famous thinkers as Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes.
Yet while economic theories are useful, in order to truly understand how economies grow, thrive, and potentially fall, you must also look at how individual countries use and apply these theories. Sometimes they strictly adhere to these theories; sometimes they adapt these theories to their own cultural history; and sometimes they take these theories and branch off into new economic territory.
In Why Economies Rise or Fall, you%27ll learn
* how countries as widely different as the United States and Vietnam have grown their economies;
* how countries like China and India were able to recover from economic reverses; and, most important,
* why the critical test of any economic policy is its ability to productively alter human behavior for everyone%27s ultimate benefit.
By looking at economic growth as the result of incentivizing such productive behavior—"making productivity more profitable than all the alternatives"—Professor Rodriguez clears up an often-shrouded economic landscape. The result is a course that brings the economic strategies chosen by nations down to street level by adding a newfound clarity to key issues:
* Why economies succeed or fail, what secrets lie beneath the generalized "banner" of a particular ideology, and what might happen when you mix them together
* How economic bubbles are created, why they burst, and how nations recover from them
* The challenges posed by the hyperconnected world economy created by globalization
* The damage that factors like corruption and even the "informal" economy represented by colorful vendors and street bazaars can do to a nation%27s prospects for growth
* How everything we know about economic and financial hegemony may change with the rise of China and the deep structural issues facing mature Western economies
Course Lecture Titles
1. From Free Markets to State Economies
2. A Brief History of Economic Growth
3. Economic Growth and Human Behavior
4. The Birth of the Western Free Market
5. American Economic Strategies
6. America and Europe—Divergent Approaches
7. State-Led Theories of Economic Growth
8. The Secrets of Rapid Growth in Tiger Economies
9. Lessons and Limits of Japan%27s Economic Model
10. From Closed to Open Economies
11. How Can We Manage Global Growth?
12. China%27s Policies and the World Economy
13. Merging the Theories of East and West
14. Lessons about Economic Success
15. The Roots of Economic Failure
16. Politics, Statecraft, and the Fate of Economies
17. Corruption and Its Impact on Growth
18. Informal, Inefficient Markets
19. Technology and the Instant Economy
20. Possible Strains on Global Economic Growth
21. Latin America—Moving Away from Free Markets
22. Financial Crises and Economic Theory
23. The Multipolar Economic World
24. Driving Forces, Emerging Trends

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