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The course will introduce students to the concepts of macroeconomic populism and economic nationalism, discuss their historical origins, as well as the current literature. Following an in-depth overview of these concepts, the course will examine how macroeconomic populism led to financial crises in several Latin American countries and other emerging markets, from the 1970s to the present day. Country cases include Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Nicaragua, Turkey, and Hungary. Readings and discussions will then explore malign and benign forms of economic nationalism, with a special focus on economic nationalism as a development model in South Korea, Taiwan, Argentina, and Brazil. The course will present students with a methodology to measure the global resurgence of economic nationalism/populism, and how this has affected the political and economic policy discourse in the U.S., the U.K., Italy, Mexico, and China. By the end of the semester, students will be versed in the current trends driving the rise of economic nationalism/populism around the globe. <a href="http://bit.ly/1bebp5s" target="_blank">Click here to see evaluations, syllabi, and faculty bios</a>