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Proseminar
WiSe 21/22: Global Inequality
Lukas Hakelberg
Comments
Why was the Western fringe of the Eurasian landmass the first world region to make the transition to modern economic growth? While Eurocentric explanations of the great divergence between the “West and the Rest” emphasize institutional, cultural or religious particularities of Western Europe, this seminar adopts a global perspective. We discuss the contribution of commercial exchange with Asia to institutional and technological innovations in early modern Italian city-states; the importance of New World silver for the integration of European merchants in a world economy centered on China; the impact of the triangular trade on institutional and technological innovations in Britain; and the role of colonial legacies in the economic development of the Global South. Towards the end of the seminar we study the factors that have perpetuated global inequality during the 20th century and debate whether rising powers are a relevant challenge to the established hierarchy. close
15 Class schedule
Additional appointments
Mon, 2021-11-01 12:00 - 14:00Regular appointments
Thu, 2021-10-21 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2021-11-04 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2021-11-11 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2021-11-18 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2021-11-25 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2021-12-02 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2021-12-09 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2021-12-16 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2022-01-06 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2022-01-13 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2022-01-20 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2022-01-27 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2022-02-03 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2022-02-10 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2022-02-17 10:00 - 12:00