2.7 — The Political Economy of Trade Policy — Class Notes
Contents
Thursday, October 29, 2020 and Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Overview
Today, we look at the politics of trade policy, examining how different groups in a modern democracy have different objectives and face different incentives, culminating in trade policy that concentrates benefits and disperses costs. The tools we use are standard in “public choice” analysis — the economic analysis of politics. You can learn more in my public economics course.
Readings and Discussion Board
See this week’s required readings. There are questions to help guide your readings there, and more instructions for the required Blackboard discussion board this week.
Slides
Live Class Session on Zoom
The live class Zoom meeting link can be found on Blackboard (see LIVE ZOOM MEETINGS
on the left navigation menu), starting at 2:00 PM.
If you are unable to join today’s live session, or if you want to review, you can find the recording stored on Blackboard via Panopto (see Class Recordings
on the left navigation menu).