The PSCI department is hosting Dr. Lawrence Broz of UCSD next Friday, January 17th. Dr. Broz will be discussing international economic order and the contributions found in the research agendas created by social scientists. This talk will be held from noon to 1 pm in Ketchum, room 1B31.
Designing an International Economic Order: A Research Agenda
Renee Bowen (UCSD) and Lawrence Broz (UCSD)
Abstract: The institutions that have sustained global economic cooperation for the past 75 years are under threat. Despite admonitions that global peace and prosperity are at risk, policymakers in important countries are ignoring the rules of the multilateral order and moving down the path of unilateralism and economic nationalism. What role can social scientists play in redesigning the international economic order? We offer a research agenda for contributing to the reform and improvement of global institutions. The research agenda is guided by three themes: threats, solutions, and leadership. Threats refer to the deep causes of the crisis in global institutions, not the symptoms or expressions of those problems. Solutions refers to institutional reforms required to address deep threats to the global order. Leadership addresses the challenge of coordinating efforts to supply international institutions, which can be thought of as global public goods. We demonstrate the value of this research agenda by applying it to the threat of populism and its implications for reform of the WTO.