Economics and Finance

The course adopts a predominantly historical approach, analyzing the interplay between international politics and the economy through key moments of the 20th Century. The aim is to understand how economic dynamics have influenced global political choices and vice versa, focusing on the transformations of the world-system. The course will examine some issues in which the interplay between the political and economic dimensions of international relations is most evident: 1) The "first globalization" (1870-1914): European imperialism; commercial expansion, colonial economy, migrations, and capital flows. 2) The First World War and its economic consequences: the problem of German reparations and the new European balance of power. 3) The "Pax Americana" at the end of the Second World War: political multilateralism (the UN System) and economic multilateralism (Bretton Woods System). 4) The oil market revolution: origins and consequences of the shocks of the 1970s.

Basic knowledge of European and World history in the 19th-20th Centuries.

A selection of papers on the main topics of the Workshop will be communicated during the lectures

Attendance is not mandatory

Three questions on the main topics of the Workshop.

Lectures on the course's in-depth modules