In this Post-Election America lecture, William Milberg (Dean of NSSR and Professor of Economics) will focus on the analysis of international trade, beginning with a history of the world trading system and the theory of international trade. The class will then look at indicators of country-level success in international trade, comparing the US, China, Mexico and some others. Milberg will then consider more closely the impact of trade liberalization on the US economy, specifically on profits, ages, employment at the national and the state levels. Finally, the class will turn to the issue of the global governance of trade, and consider the impact of the WTO, the TPP, NAFTA, the general rise of nationalism among industrialized countries, and the likely shifts in international trade and exchange rate policy that may occur with the political change in the US.

Individuals not registered for this ULEC course must sign in at the event as guests. Please arrive early.

For more information about the Post-Election America course please read the course description on the University course catalog.

William Milberg is Dean and Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research and Co-Director of the Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies at The New School. His research focuses on the relation between globalization, income distribution and economic growth, and the history and philosophy of economics.  He teaches graduate courses in international trade, political economy, the history of economic thought, and a seminar on the methodology of economics. His undergraduate courses include “Understanding Global Capitalism” and “The Making of Economic Society.”

His most recent book (with Deborah Winkler) is Outsourcing Economics:  Global Value Chains in Capitalist Development (Cambridge University Press).  A previous book, The Crisis of Vision in Modern Economic Thought (Cambridge University Press) was co-authored with the late Robert Heilbroner.  His paper with Peter Spiegler, “Methodenstriet 2013:  Historical perspective on the contemporary debate over how to reform economics,” won the award for best paper of 2013 in the Forum for Social Economics.

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