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Lecturer: Daniel W Drezner

Prosperity has transformed the world. But the story of prosperity is far from simple-or complete. These 24 lectures give you an unrivaled overview of one of the most pressing issues of our day and take you behind the headlines and into the debates to dispel some common myths about prosperity and get at deeper truths. In this stimulating, wide-ranging course, Professor Drezner shows that achieving prosperity involves more than economics. Psychology, sociology, political science, and history also come into play. By taking this broad view, he leads you to fundamental insights about how the modern world works and an understanding of the functioning of the U.S., European, Chinese, and other major economies, as well as an appreciation for the special problems faced by underdeveloped nations. These lectures introduce you to dozens of case histories that illustrate what works and doesn't work in the drive to increase economic growth. A superb storyteller, Professor Drezner reaches back to examples such as the policy called mercantilism that trapped European powers in growth-killing trade practices from the 16th to 18th centuries. And he anchors his analysis in the present with discussions of globalization, financial bubbles, and other economic phenomena in the news. As a start on your own road to greater prosperity, educate yourself with this unparalleled explanation of the foundations of economic prosperity. All Lectures: 1. The Foundations of Economic Prosperity 2. Does Economic Prosperity Make You Happy? 3. Varieties of Entrepreneurship 4. Individual Prosperity - The Developed World 5. Individual Prosperity - The Developing World 6. Foundations of National Prosperity 7. Perils to National Prosperity 8. Political Foundations of Prosperity 9. Mysteries of the Industrial Revolution 10. Sources of Poverty 11. Reducing Poverty with Economic Development 12. National Prosperity in the Developing World 13. National Prosperity in the Developed World 14. Can Prosperity Be Lost? 15. Inequality and Prosperity 16. Globalization and Global Prosperity 17. Great Powers and Global Prosperity 18. The Washington versus the Beijing Consensus 19. Political Challenges to Global Prosperity 20. Financial Challenges to Global Prosperity 21. Will the Developed World Stagnate? 22. Global Prosperity and the Environment 23. Ideological Challenges to Global Prosperity 24. The Ethics of Global Prosperity

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