Weeks 10-15 for
Project Seminar in English
November 21, 2018
Masa Kudamatsu
Second-year undergraduate course
Department of International Public Policy
Osaka University
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For weeks 10-14
Chapter 10 of
For week 15
3 chapters per week from
For weeks 10-14
Chapter 10 of
For week 15
3 chapters per week from
Each of you will make a 5-minute presentation on one chapter
Which counts for your final grade
It's clearly too much for you to read three chapters each week.
I want everyone to read at least one chapter each week.
Then practice talking in English about the chapter of your choice
For the weeks when you are not giving a talk...
So we will change the way each class is organized as follows:
Each week:
The whole class is divided into three groups
Chapter A
Chapter B
Chapter C
Speaker
Discussants
gives the 5-minute talk
Pair discussion & my feedback to
For each chapter,
we proceed as follows
discuss the chapter
Floor discussions (i.e. the rest of the class)
First
5 min
Next
5 min
Next
15 min
Last
5 min
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Decide which chapter to give a 5-min talk on
What you should do by next Wednesday #1
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Decide which chapter in each week
you wish to discuss
What you should do by next Wednesday #2
A quick introduction
to each chapter of
To help you make these decisions, let me give you...
We will read the chapters of this book in the following order:
Chapters 3, 7, 8
Chapters 4, 1, 10
Chapters 9, 12, 13
Chapters 11, 6, 14
Chapters 5, 2, 15
December 5
December 12
December 19
January 9
January 16
To make it easier to understand the book
December 5: How institutions affect prosperity
Chapter 3
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Rich countries
Poor countries
Inclusive
economic institutions
Extractive
economic institutions
Inclusive
political institutions
Extractive
political institutions
December 5: How institutions affect prosperity
Rich countries
Poor countries
Inclusive
economic institutions
Extractive
economic institutions
Chapter 3
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Definition of inclusive and extractive institutions
Case studies:
North & South Korea, the Congo
Inclusive
political institutions
Extractive
political institutions
December 5: How institutions affect prosperity
Chapter 3
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Rich countries
Poor countries
Inclusive
economic institutions
Extractive
economic institutions
Inclusive
political institutions
Extractive
political institutions
How inclusive institutions bring about economic growth
Case study:
Path to Industrial Revolution in England (13th-18th centuries)
December 5: How institutions affect prosperity
Chapter 3
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Rich countries
Poor countries
Inclusive
economic institutions
Extractive
economic institutions
Inclusive
political institutions
Extractive
political institutions
How extractive institutions result in poverty
Case studies:
Ottoman, Austrian, Russian, Chinese, Ethiopian Empires & Somalia
December 12: Origins of inclusive institutions
Chapter 4
Chapter 1
Chapter 10
Rich countries
Inclusive
economic institutions
Inclusive
political institutions
?
December 12: Origins of inclusive institutions
Chapter 4
Chapter 1
Chapter 10
Rich countries
Inclusive
economic institutions
Inclusive
political institutions
?
How the Black Death in 14th century
& the rise of Atlantic trade in the 16th century
gave birth to the inclusive institutions in England
December 12: Origins of inclusive institutions
Chapter 4
Chapter 1
Chapter 10
Rich countries
Inclusive
economic institutions
Inclusive
political institutions
?
How inclusive institutions emerged
in the United States, but not in Mexico
December 12: Origins of inclusive institutions
Chapter 4
Chapter 1
Chapter 10
Rich countries
Inclusive
economic institutions
Inclusive
political institutions
?
How inclusive institutions emerged
in Australia, France, and Japan
December 19: Persistence of Extractive Institutions
Chapter 9
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Poor countries
Extractive
economic institutions
Extractive
political institutions
?
December 19: Persistence of Extractive Institutions
Chapter 9
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Poor countries
Extractive
economic institutions
Extractive
political institutions
?
How extractive institutions were
(1) set up by Europeans in Southeast Asia and South Africa
(2) exacerbated by the slave trade in Africa
December 19: Persistence of Extractive Institutions
Chapter 9
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Poor countries
Extractive
economic institutions
Extractive
political institutions
?
How extractive institutions persist
(1) by the same ruling elite in Guatemala & US South
(2) despite leadership changes in Sierra Leone & Ethiopia
December 19: Persistence of Extractive Institutions
Chapter 9
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Poor countries
Extractive
economic institutions
Extractive
political institutions
?
How extractive institutions caused state failure
in Zimbabwe, Argentina, Colombia, North Korea, Uzbekistan, Egypt
January 9: Survival of Inclusive Institutions
Chapter 11
Chapter 6
Chapter 14
Rich countries
Poor countries
Inclusive
economic institutions
Extractive
economic institutions
Inclusive
political institutions
Extractive
political institutions
?
January 9: Survival of Inclusive Institutions
Chapter 11
Chapter 6
Chapter 14
Rich countries
Poor countries
Inclusive
economic institutions
Extractive
economic institutions
Inclusive
political institutions
Extractive
political institutions
How attempts to make institutions extractive were averted
in 19th-century Britain and 20th-century U.S.
January 9: Survival of Inclusive Institutions
Chapter 11
Chapter 6
Chapter 14
Rich countries
Poor countries
Inclusive
economic institutions
Extractive
economic institutions
Inclusive
political institutions
Extractive
political institutions
How inclusive institutions collapsed
in Medieval Venice and Roman Republic
January 9: Survival of Inclusive Institutions
Chapter 11
Chapter 6
Chapter 14
Rich countries
Poor countries
Inclusive
economic institutions
Extractive
economic institutions
Inclusive
political institutions
Extractive
political institutions
How extractive institutions turned into inclusive ones
in Botswana, U.S. South in the 1960s, Brazil (pp. 455-460 in Chap.15)
January 16: Prosperity without inclusive institutions?
Chapter 5
Chapter 2
Chapter 15
Rich countries
Poor countries
Inclusive
economic institutions
Extractive
economic institutions
Inclusive
political institutions
Extractive
political institutions
?
January 16: Prosperity without inclusive institutions?
Chapter 5
Chapter 2
Chapter 15
Rich countries
Poor countries
Inclusive
economic institutions
Extractive
economic institutions
Inclusive
political institutions
Extractive
political institutions
How economic growth realized under extractive institutions
(1) in Soviet Union, Kuba Kingdom in Congo, Mayan city-states
(2) during the Neolithic Revolution
?
January 16: Prosperity without inclusive institutions?
Chapter 5
Chapter 2
Chapter 15
Rich countries
Poor countries
Inclusive
economic institutions
Extractive
economic institutions
Inclusive
political institutions
Extractive
political institutions
Why geography, culture, and enlightened leadership
cannot explain global income inequality
?
January 16: Prosperity without inclusive institutions?
Chapter 5
Chapter 2
Chapter 15
Rich countries
Poor countries
Inclusive
economic institutions
Extractive
economic institutions
Inclusive
political institutions
Extractive
political institutions
Authors' criticism on Poor Economics
Case studies: China since 1979
?
Authors' criticism
on Why Nations Fail
January 23 (last class):
Chapter 10 of Poor Economics
January 23 (last class) (cont.)
After the 5 min talk on Chapter 10 of Poor Economics,
I'll ask everyone to answer the following question:
Which book is more convincing about the cause of global poverty, Why Nations Fail or Poor Economics?
How to summarize each chapter within 5 min
Each chapter contains several examples of the main message
Pick one or two that you think is the most illustrative
If there are more than one main message...
Be brave to entirely cut one (or two) of them from your presentation
It's better to explain one thing or two clearly
than talking about many things vaguely
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Decide which chapter to give a 5-min talk
What you should do by next Wednesday #1
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First come first served
Decide which chapter in each week
you wish to discuss
What you should do by next Wednesday #2
Project Seminar in English Classes 10-15
By Masayuki Kudamatsu
Project Seminar in English Classes 10-15
A quick introduction to Why Nations Fail by Acemoglu and Robinson
