Course Type: Core Values (Compulsory Calwest Delivered Courses)
Course Code: VAL502
Course Name: Global Issues (via Tubeclasses only)*
Course Outline
The objectives of the course are to study the global challenges of the twenty-first century; i.e. to tame the markets, promote equality, opportunity, and second chances while limiting wasteful and destructive choice and agreeing on social solutions. The course will focus on the priorities that people from around the world have identified as necessary for a more equitable, peaceful and sustainable world. These goals are largely unknown by many people; especially in wealthier nations, certainly they have received little attention in the United States. This course will demonstrate that when the conditions of basic infrastructure (roads, power, and ports) and human capital (health and education) are in place, markets are powerful engines of development. Without those preconditions, markets can cruelly bypass large parts of the world. The course will encourage students to take collective action, through effective government provision of health, education, infrastructure, as well as foreign assistance when needed, and that this will underpin economic success.
