This week on Tuesday we’ll connect some ideas that I introduced briefly about trade liberalization to the evolution of Egypt’s economy through the 1970s and 1980s. We’ll be reading this article that examines that question in detail.
We’re also officially at the middle of the term, which means we have a midterm exam coming up next week. On Thursday we’ll spend some time reviewing for the midterm and discussing trade and economic equality using the chapter on the syllabus from Controversies in Globalization.
I’ll post a new blog entry for Thursday with details about the design of the exam, but if you want to start studying early, start reviewing your classmates’ geotagging blogs and paying attention to the items from each reading that have the highest frequency–that is, the largest number of students tagged particular items from each reading.
