PSCI283 Study Guide - Final Guide: Dont, Bretton Woods Conference, Economic Nationalism

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PSCI283
• Professor: Eric Helleiner

Document Summary

What is ipe and why has it grown so rapidly since 1990s: someone who can understand data flows between european countries, etc. Hat the course is not doing: economics vs. political economy. Economists make two assumptions: humans are driven by a desire to maximize wealth. Economics is an increasingly mathematical concept by methods. 1988 conference to design the postwar world economy. Very aspirational hard to recreate a bretton woods conference again. Famous personalities, keynes"s (famous economist) and white (lead negotiator) were at the meeting. Three core features of the agreement: formal multilateral corporation, promoting a more open world economy: liberal lesson from 1930s if there is free trade between countries, you"re more likely to have peace and prosperity. Interesting because they were arguing that the closure of countries who moved away from free trade, was the cause of the war: markets need to be managed and embedded in social priorities: keynesian lesson from.