Course Information
Course title
 Economic History (Ⅱ) 
Semester
 110-2 
Designated for
 COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES  DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS  
Instructor
 KELLY BARTON OLDS 
Curriculum Number
 ECON3008 
Curriculum Identity Number
 303E20020 
Class
  
Credits
 3.0 
Full/Half
Yr.
 Half 
Required/
Elective
 Elective 
Time
 Monday 7,8,9(14:20~17:20) 
Remarks
 The upper limit of the number of students: 130. 
Ceiba Web Server
 http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1102ECON3008_ 
Course introduction video
 
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
 Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description

This class is taught in English and can be taken separately or as a continuation of the first semester’s economic history course. This semester will cover the economic history of the 20th century emphasizing the Asian economies. An economy-by-economy overview of economic developments over the last hundred years will be presented. Other topical lectures may also be sprinkled in. Lectures will be put on line. I will go over the material in class using Zuvio (an interactive question-and-answer system). I will also sometimes give short lectures and give you time to work on group projects. Group work will involve writing a short paper concerning assigned readings. Most weeks, groups will be randomly assigned.   

Course Objective
 When you finish this course you should have a much clearer idea of how the Asian economies have developed over the last century.  
Course Requirement
 No prerequisites. There will be a lot of statistics but no mathematical modeling. Students taking this course usually come from many different departments  
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
  
Office Hours
 Appointment required. Note: I am usually around 
Designated reading
 There is no required text. To do the five group projects you need to read the following (subject to change):

Project #1:

Loring, B (2014), “Colonizers with Party Cards:” Soviet Internal Colonialism in Central Asia, 1917-1939, Kritika, 15(1): 77-102.

Teichmann, C (2016), Wildscapes in Ballyhooland: Shock Construction, Soviet Colonialization, and Stalinist Governance, Cahiers du Monde Russe, 57(1), 1-23.


Project #2:

Stone, Douglas and William T. Ziemba (1993), “Land and stock prices in Japan,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 7(3): 149-165.

Hoshi, T and AK Kashyap (2004), “Japan's financial crisis and economic stagnation,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 18(1): 3-26.

Ueda, K (2012), “Deleveraging and monetary policy: Japan since the 1990s and the United States since 2007,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 26(3): 177-202.


Project #3:

Dikotter, F (2016), “The silent revolution: Decollectivization from below during the Cultural Revolution,” China Quarterly 227 (Special Issue): 796-811.

Huang, Y (2012), "How did China take off?” Journal of Economic Perspectives 26(4): 147-170.



Project #4:

Turnell, S (2011), “Fundamentals of Myanmar’s macroeconomy: A political economy perspective,” Asian Economic Policy Review, 6: 136-153.

Brown, I (2011), “Tracing Burma’s economic failure to its colonial inheritance,” Business History Review, 85: 725-747.


Project #5:

Van der Eng, P (2010), “The sources of long-term economic growth in Indonesia, 1880–2008,” Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309.

Hooley, R (2005), “American economic policy in the Philippines, 1902-1940: Exploring a dark age in colonial statistics,” Journal of Asian Economics, 16: 464-488.
 
References
 待補 
Grading
  
No.
Item
%
Explanations for the conditions
1. 
 Midterm Quiz 
15% 
  
2. 
 Final Exam  
45% 
  
3. 
 5 Group Projects  
30% 
  
4. 
 Zuvio Participation  
10% 
  
 
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
Week 1
 2/14  General introduction & the West 
Week 2
 2/21  The West 
Week 3
 2/28  Holiday 
Week 4
 3/7  Russia / USSR 
Week 5
 3/14  Japan (Project #1 due)  
Week 6
 3/21  Japan 
Week 7
 3/28  China (Project #2 due)  
Week 8
 4/4  Holiday

 
Week 9
 4/11  China (Project #3 due)  
Week 10
 4/18  Late Midterm Quiz & Korea 
Week 11
 4/25  Finishing Korea, Beginning India 
Week 12
 5/2  India  
Week 13
 5/9  Thailand (Porject #4 due)  
Week 14
 5/16  Indonesia 
Week 15
 5/23  The Philippines (#5 due)  
Week 16
 5/30  Final 
Week 17
 6/6  Optional Class