PROVIDE ME WITH PLAGIARISM
QUESTION
Write a 5-7 page paper (double spaced, 12 point font, standard margins) on one of the following topics. Your title page and bibliography (and any other pages that are not writing) do not count towards the page count. Please cite all your sources, with an accepted citational standard of your choice. For sources, you may only use readings assigned in class.
- Some theories in economics posit that poverty and inequality exist because of kinds of relationships between different groups in the economy (for example, the relationship between workers and capitalists [i.e. Marxian political economy], or the relationship between the Global North and the Global South[i.e. Dependency Theory]). Other theories posit that poverty and plenty (and hence, inequality) don’t come from relationships between groups, but from the actions or circumstances of those who are poor and those who have plenty (i.e. savings and growth, industrial policy, geography) [i.e. various mainstream theories of development]. Describe in detail two distinct theories or mechanisms from each broad group, examining four theories in total. Conclude with your own evaluation of these theories: how well do they explain the various dimensions of poverty and inequality in the world?
- Policies which advocate ‘free markets’ and ‘free trade’ between countries formed the basis of development paradigms throughout much of the developing world from the 1980s and onwards. Describe the theory behind how free traders thought that free trade would lead to growth, development, and ultimately, poverty alleviation. Then describe the actual mechanisms through which the Washington Consensus set of policies were put into place. Dependency theorists have criticized ‘free trade,’ in particular with Amin’s concept of ‘unequal exchange.’ Describe how the theory of ‘unequal exchange’ recasts the concept of ‘free trade.’ Conclude with an evaluation of both theories, according to you: which do you find more convincing?
