DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, Program for East Asian Studies The course is conducted in English。 No Target Students The course is conducted in English。。A25*:Historical Thinking , Civil Awareness and Social Analysis area . This course is also categorized as Liberal Education Course .

This course will be taught in English, but you can ask quesXons in Chinese. The course covers world economic history from the late-1800s to the present with a parXcular focus on Asia. We will be primarily examining how and why much of Asia is now catching up to the West in income and wealth. This course is independent of Economic History 1 and there are no prerequisites. There will be staXsXcs, tables and graphs, but no mathemaXcal models. Generally, students from a wide variety of academic backgrounds are in the class. The class meets once a week and is 3-hours long. Usually, the first and third hour will be devoted to lectures and quesXons, while the second hour will be devoted to an in-class group project. There will also be a third video lecture to be viewed at your convenience. If we fall behind, there may someXmes be two videos to view. Of the three lectures, generally two will focus on the development of a parXcular economy and one will be topical. There is no text book, but you will be required to read sevem papers. You will also need to bring electronics to class so you can parXcipate in asking and answering quesXons using the Zuvio app. There will be a midterm quiz (during the 7th or 8th week), which will involve wriXng an essay in class. The final exam will also be an essay test. You will be allowed to use the internet and AI for group work, but the tests will be “closed book.”

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Readings: Cuos, R.L. (1990), “Power from the Ground Up: Japan’s Land Bubble.” Harvard Business Review, May-June 1990: 164-172. Lincoln, E.J. (2011), “The Heisei Economy: Puzzles, Problems, Prospects.” The Journal of Japanese Studies, 37(2): 351-375. Fukao, K. (2013), “Explaining Japan’s UnproducXve Two Decades.” Asian Economic Policy Review, 8: 193-213. Dikooer, F. (2016), “The Silent RevoluXon: DecollecXvizaXon from Below during the Cultural RevoluXon.” The China Quarterly, 227: 796-811. Huang, Y. (2012), “How Did China Take Off.” Journal of Economic PerspecEves, 26(4): 147-170. Wedeman, A. (1997), “Looters, Rent-Scrapers and Dividend-Collectors: CorrupXon and Growth in Zaire, South Korea and the Philippines.” The Journal of Developing Areas, 31(4): 457-478. Driemeier, M.H. and L. Pritcheo (2015), “How Business is Done in the Developing World: Deals versus Rules.” Journal of Economic PerspecEves, 29(3): 121-140.