Economic Development
                     Fall 2006

Economics 3351, Section 4774               Thomas R. DeGregori
Time: MW 2:30 to 4 PM                           Office: 209D M
Room 15 AH                              Office hrs. MW 12-1 PM
                                              or by appointment
                                         Email:
<mailto:trdegreg@uh.edu>trdegreg@uh.edu


Fair Trade for All: How Trade Can Promote Development by Joseph E
Stiglitz and Andrew Charlton, Oxford University Press.

Creating The Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867 1914
and Their Lasting Impact by Vaclav Smil, Oxford University Press.

Origins of the Organic Agriculture Debate by Thomas R. DeGregori,
Blackwell Professional.

Bountiful Harvest by Thomas R. DeGregori, Cato Institute.

The Environment, Our Natural Resources and Modern Technology by
Thomas R. DeGregori, Blackwell Professional.

Assignment:

You are to write 3 short papers and 1 long paper for a total of 30 to
35 pages. For those attending class regularly, there will be an
option of a short pass/fail quiz at the end of the semester that will
substitute for one paper. You choose which of the following topics to
use for your long paper.

The topics are:

1)   Sources for Economic development in the developed world.
2)   Economic development since WW II with special emphasis
on      Agriculture.
3)   Health and population in the 21st Century
4)   Globalization and economic development

ALL PAPERS MUST INCLUDE SUBSTANTIVE REFERENCES TO THE ASSIGNED
MATERIAL. ALL MATERIAL PRESENTED MUST HAVE A SOURCE. THE FINAL PAPER
MUST ALSO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FROM RESEARCH IN THE LIBRARY OR
THE WWW. USE OF INFORMATION FROM THE WWW IS REQUIRED FOR AT LEAST ONE
PAPER. HYPER LINKS TO SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SITES ARE PROVIDED
ON MY HOME PAGE (http://www.uh.edu/~trdegreg). PLEASE GIVE AS
COMPLETE A CITATION AS POSSIBLE INCLUDING THE URL. Please check my
webpage for supplemental instructions.