International Economic Institutions

Globalism vs. Nationalism

By: Ramon P. DeGennaro, The Great Courses

Narrated by: Ramon P. DeGennaro

Since the end of World War II, groups such as the World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, European Union, and G-20 have sprung up with a variety of missions, including promoting trade, ensuring financial stability, eradicating poverty, and advancing sustainable economic growth. Behind these worthy goals is the ultimate aim: preventing the kind of global economic instability that can easily lead to war.

But while such organizations are trying to knit the world more tightly together, in many countries the voices of populism and nationalism are objecting that the price of lost sovereignty is too high and that traditions and customs are being lost. Furthermore, such organizations have the failings common to all human institutions. Do they really work? Have some saved us from disaster? Are we better off without others? What is the best route to prosperity, and do these groups help smooth the way or obstruct it?

International Economic Institutions: Globalism vs. Nationalism uses these influential bodies as a lens to study today's globalized economy. In 24 eye-opening half-hour lectures, award-winning teacher and economist Professor Ramon P. DeGennaro of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, conducts you through the dizzying array of institutions, their backgrounds, their goals, and the important roles they play in the economic life of the entire world.

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Informative

Very knowledgeable presenter. It serves as a very good introduction to international economic institutions. Thanks

Informative, but ideologically jaded.

The professor is an unabashed advocate of small government and laissez-faire economics. Quotes Hayek, Friedman, CATO Institute, Heritage Foundation and other conservative voices with steady consistency.

This doesn’t mean he’s wrong, just clearly biased. Fair warning.

Surprisingly Interesting

I was braced for an excruciatingly boring experience, and I would have stuck it out until the end, but I was relievedly (my word) surprised at how interesting I found the various topics.

One-sided, Pro-western point of view

Book can be way better is Soviet Union was explained in comparison to the European Union

Very insightful information

Very insightful information. I love the book and glad that I listen to it. I will share the book.

decent content, subpar narration.

The breadth and detail of content covering international financial markets was enlightening. However, the narrator sounds like he's going through puberty.

WYSIWYG

Solid primer for people who are interested in the subject. He devolves into his own opinion a bit too often for my taste and his analogies are sometimes lacking full relevance. But overall quality is good and it's exactly what you would expect and hope it to be based on the title.

The information was amazing

I learned so much and this is worth your time! I think everyone should give this a listen!

A good understanding

This is a good understanding of International Economic Institutions, but it also strikes me at times as this not being "for beginners", and it often seems to jump from place to place. While it does provide some good information on Globalism versus Nationalism, and from topics ranging from the Euro to the role of the Fed, it doesn't have a lot of "rhyme or reason" in its course progression that I could discern.

Too general, personal, and unfocused on the topic

It’s a long, personal, center-right take on financial history, but goes into very little detail about international institutions. If you’re already very familiar with the imf, wto, wb, g20, etc, and recessions, you might be interested to hear his take on them. However, as a novice looking for a course on fundamentals, I didn’t learn much from him.