This course introduces both master’s degree and doctoral students to the political analysis of economic policymaking.  It covers the politics of international and comparative economics.  From the domestic perspective, we will focus on the preferences of actors over economic policies and how institutions influence the transformation of preferences into policies and outcomes.  From the international perspective, we will investigate the effects of international economic factors (globalization, finance, trade, debt, etc.) on domestic political processes and outcomes. The goal of this class is to make students conversant in the dominant themes of modern political economy, preparing them to do original research in the subfield.