Gov 365N/MES 323K
Questions for Class: Feb 4, 2010
1. What is the "Washington Consensus" (spelled out in Henry and Springborg chap 1 and further elaborated later in your syllabus in an Finance and Development set of articles)?
2. What is the significance of a country having a higher per capita GDP rank than Human Development Index rank? (Here are the data for the world in 2005 - and other indices of human development)
3. What is so special about the MENA's colonial experiences and what is their relevance to the 21st century prospects for political and economic development in the region? (From my chapter 1)
4. Now again, what do you think of the "structural power" of capital, also discussed in Henry-Springborg, chapter 1? cf Tom Friedman's "electronic horde," if you remember his Lexus and the Olive Tree.
5. Galal Amin offers an explanation of "whatever happened to the Egyptians" that may come as a shock to American readers brainwashed to the virtues of Horatio Alger and the American dream. What is the author's basic answer to Whatever Happened to the Egyptians?
