Adam Caplan 10/3/07 International Politics Lecture 7: Principles, Agents, and the Collective Good o The Role of the Media Ideally the media could reduce information asymmetry Competition between news outlets would lead to better information New Res
Adam Caplan Intl Politics 11/7/07 The Unholy Trinity o Governments can only achieve 2 of the following three: 1.) A fixed exchange rate 2.) Monetary policy autonomy 3.) Capital mobility What is the International Monetary Fund (IMF)? o Lender of La
Adam Caplan 11/12/07 Intl Poli Notes Foreign Aid o Bilateral Aid o International Institutions o Regional Development Banks o Private Charities Why Do Governments Give Foreign Aid? o Humanitarian Ex: Tsunami, Aids prevention, etc. o Military Strategy
Adam Caplan 11/14/07 Poli Sci Notes Multinational Corporations o What is a multinational corporation? Must have operations in more than 1 country o Corporation Separation between management and ownership Some facts about multinationals o Accounts f
Adam Caplan 11/26/07 Poli Sci Notes Institutions o Definition: "The rules of the game or.the humanely devised constraints that shape human interaction." o Formal vs. Informal Institutions Formal EU, UN, WTO Electoral College Geneva Convention Infor
Adam Caplan 12/3/07 Poli Sci Notes Terrorism and International Relations o Problems for IR Theory Realism: States o Problems for models assuming rational individuals Suicide bombers o Insight: Thomas Schelling: "The rationality of irrationality" T
Adam Caplan Intl. Politics Individual Preferences on Trade Economic Theory of preferences o Trade Theory (Hecksher-Ohlin) o Other theories (Ricardo-Viner) Facts o 1.) Most Americans "understand" the impact of trade on the economy o 2.) believe that t
Adam Caplan 11/28/07 Poli Sci Notes War after the Cold War o 111 Conflicts 95 were intrastate (civil war) 9 were intrastate plus foreign intervention Problems for IR Theory o Realism Focus on states, terrorism can't hurt our strategic stance Terr
Adam Caplan 10/17/07 Intl. Poli. Notes Types of protectionism o Tariffs: Taxes on imports Japanese rice tariffs o Quotas: Limits on the number of imports The multifiber agreement (textiles) o Regulatory Barriers: Standards that discriminate against
