Spring 2024 Economics GR6920 section 001

GLOBAL MARKETS & PUBLIC ECONOMICS

GLOBAL MARKETS & PUBLIC ECONOM

Call Number 13945
Day & Time
Location
M 12:10pm-2:00pm
To be announced
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Graciela Chichilnisky
Type LECTURE
Course Description Prerequisites: microeconomics and macroeconomics, W1105, W3211 and W3213, and basic calculus and algebra such as V1101 or V1102, V1201x or y, and Calculus 111A. Capitalism is evolving in response to driving economic issues in the Anthropocene, as humans have become the dominant geological force in the planet. These issues include Globalization and the evolution of the worlds financial markets, the knowledge revolution and the global environmental crisis. Can Capitalism adapt to sustainable development? Can financial markets evolve and help resolve the climate issue, the water crisis, and the destruction of global biodiversity? The seminar will cover the new types of markets that are emerging and changing capitalism so it becomes consistent with sustainable development and closing the gap between the rich and the poor nations, while giving rise to a new definition of GDP that aligns economic progress with the survival of the human species.
Web Site Vergil
Department Economics
Enrollment 0 students (35 max) as of 11:44PM Monday, June 16, 2025
Subject Economics
Number GR6920
Section 001
Division Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Open To Engineering:Graduate, GSAS, SIPA
Campus Morningside
Section key 20241ECON6920G001