Course Name:  The Chinese Economy

Speaker: Professor Scott Rozelle (Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow, Tsingshan Chair Professor)

Time: 7th June-29th June

Venue: North4-104

Abstract: 

This is a survey course of the Chinese economy with emphasis on understanding a.) the process of economic development in China over the centuries before 1949; b.) the economy during the age of Socialism; and c.) economic reform, transition and development during the past 40 years. It will help students learn the different historical stages of institutional changes, develop an informed perspective on economic and political rationale and the effectiveness of the economic policies that have shaped China’s economic emergence, and think critically about the process of economic and social changes. We will also be using applied econometrics and real data to replicate papers as a way of producing a deeper understanding of how to undertake the activities of an applied development economist.

Discussion sections are part of the class requirements. There will be 4-6 sessions required (that is, not every week). Three of them will be showing PBS documentaries (each about 1 hour and 50 minutes long). We will show the documentary. We will discuss. There will be questions of week that those who attend should find fairly straightforward (answers to the questions will be turned in as homework and become part of your grade).