The Roosevelt Institution
Definition:
This area of study focuses on the world economy, and the interaction between countries, regulatory systems and business firms. Special consideration is attributed on: micro/macro interaction, commerce architecture and international players: states, IO’s (World Bank, IMF) and NGO’s.
Guidelines:
Topics should not gravitate around oversaturated socio-economic statistics but rather pinpoint how various elements such as the: standard of living, investment or technologies embed into a contemporary economy.
Indeed, the proposed area of study is design as a critical thinking study and not as a measure on acclaiming fictive or outdated programs. For example, discussions around the effects of monetary/fiscal policies enacted by central banks/governments should not be stereotyped to an in-vitro, cause-effect recipe but investigated according to the peculiar workings of national economies: infrastructure, bureaucracy, corruption, and business culture.
Areas of interest:
- International Trade
- International Finance
- Global Political Economy
- Theories of International Business
- Econometrics & Economic Models
• Selected Colloquiums
• In-class presentations
• Economics and Finance Society
• Economics National Honor Society
Subgroup on International Development:
http://rutgers.rooseveltinstitution.org/economy/intdev
Links:
http://cgcg.rutgers.edu/cgcg/
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~econnwk/
http://business.rutgers.edu/
http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/globalisation/ma_gpe/index.html
Group members:
George M Karaminas
Sinan Aladdin
Nathan E Betancourt
Chandu Damavarapu
Anthony J Giacobbe
Jonas Haertle
Ralph Humphrey
Noel P Johnston
James D Lamond
Octavian Rotaru