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2952-416 STED [AY 2022 Fall] Meeting 13 and 14

Today we will be meeting on campus in our normal room, 409. In the afternoon from 13:30-16:30 I have scheduled a make-up class in room 410.

Media and Propaganda Model:

Start with chapter 1 of Herman, Edward S. and Noam Chomsky (2002, 1988) Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. New York: Pantheon Books. Then check out the following articles:

Then watch this documentary, “Manufacturing Consent” (1992) by Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick, with my accompanying notes. Alternatively, you could start here and then go back and review the readings. Key highlights include (32:50 – 46:05), (2:38:35 – 2:42:53).

Then watch this documentary, “Manufacturing Consent” (1992) by Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick, with my accompanying notes. Alternatively, you could start here and then go back and review the readings. Key highlights include (32:50 – 46:05), (2:38:35 – 2:42:53).

Additional articles that are relevant to this topic, but ones we likely will not have time to discuss: 


Normative Approaches:

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2952-338 UEP [AY 2022 Fall] Meeting 14

Our last meeting is today on campus. The plan is to finish lecture topic 13, “Congestion and urban transit.” The final topic is  urban crime.  In the second half of class, if there is time, we discuss the readings from Rees and Kahn.

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2952-416 STED [AY 2022 Fall] Meeting 12

Today we will be meeting online [via Teams]. Next week we will be back in the classroom. I would like to finish discussing the topic of debt, while transitioning to the topics on rule of law and trade agreements. I have provided you with plenty of material for next week’s discussion on media and the propaganda model. Please review that material so we can have some good participation.

    • Your second essay should be published on Project Pathumwan by Friday, December 2nd. If you would like to have some feedback on your second outline and you would like to have enough time to review and incorporate the feedback into your essay, try to get it to me by this week sometime, so I can get it back to you by the  23rd of November along with the feedback from your first essay.
    • If you have not received a response from me related to the second outline by the 23rd, please message me, because there is a chance it was overlooked or it was missing somehow.

Rule of Law and Trade Agreements

Legal Institutions: if we want to understand who the system is ultimately designed to benefit/serve, we need to understand…

    • What are the rules?
    • Who writes the rules?
    • In whose interest are the rules written?
    • Who enforces the rules?
    • How are the rules enforced?
    • Are the rules equitably enforced or two-tiered?

Joseph Stiglitz Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 in Making Globalization Work.

    1. Notes: “Two-Tiered Justice Systems and the Rule of Law“
    2. Notes: “‘Trade Agreements’: MNCs, Patents, Profit, and Their Impact on People“

John Pilger (2001) “New Rulers of the World” : Indonesian Investment Conference | IMF/World Bank | Interview with Nicolas Stern | Interview with Stanley Fischer| Seattle Protests, WTO, and MAI

Alain Supiot, “The World Bank Helps Investors Choose the Law They Want,” The Real News Network, June 18, 2019.

Kennard, M. & Provost, C. (2016, July 25) Inside the Corporate Utopias Where Capitalism Rules and Labor Laws Don’t Apply, In These Times.

Jonathan D. Ostry, Prakash Loungani, and Davide Furceri, “Neoliberalism: Oversold?” FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT, June 2016, Vol. 53, No. 2

Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, “The Rotten Roots of the IMF and the World Bank,” The Nation

Dave Johnson, “Stop Calling the TPP a Trade Agreement – It Isn’t,” Moyers & Company, 27 May 2015

Video: “The World According to Monsanto” (GMO seeds, intellectual property)

Video: “Michael Hudson: Why the US has a unique place in the history of imperialism?” India & Global Left. November 5, 2022.

Video: Glenn Greenwald and Noam Chomsky,  “How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful”

Video: “The Investigators: ALEC – The Backroom Where Laws Are Born”

Article + Video: “TPP ‘worst trade deal ever,’ says Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz“, CBC News, April 1st, 2016.

Glenn Greenwald, “In Europe, Hate Speech Laws are Often Used to Suppress and Punish Left-Wing Viewpoints,” The Intercept, 29 August 2017.

Glenn Greenwald, “How the Rich Subverted the Legal System,” Tom Dispatch, 25 October 2011.

Nathan J. Robinson, “Why Does International Law Even Matter?” Current Affairs, 14 April 2018.

Zayed Siddiki, “Digital authoritarianism in Bangladesh: Weaponising a draconian law to silence dissent in the pandemic era,” EngageMedia, July 14, 2022.

Debt Issues:

Media:

Start with chapter 1 of Herman, Edward S. and Noam Chomsky (2002, 1988) Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. New York: Pantheon Books. Then check out the following articles:

Then watch this documentary, “Manufacturing Consent” (1992) by Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick, with my accompanying notes. Alternatively, you could start here and then go back and review the readings. Key highlights include (32:50 – 46:05), (2:38:35 – 2:42:53).

Then watch this documentary, “Manufacturing Consent” (1992) by Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick, with my accompanying notes. Alternatively, you could start here and then go back and review the readings. Key highlights include (32:50 – 46:05), (2:38:35 – 2:42:53).

Additional articles that are relevant to this topic, but ones we likely will not have time to discuss: 

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2952-338 UEP [AY 2022 Fall] Meeting 13

Today we will be meeting online [via Teams]. The plan is to cover the lecture topic 13, “Congestion and urban transit.” Next week will be our last meeting and I plan to cover the final topic which is on urban crime. Since we did not discuss the readings from last week (Rees and Kahn), we will spend some time on those in the second half of class next week, if there is time.

    • Your second essay should be published on Project Pathumwan by Friday, December 2nd. If you would like to have some feedback on your second outline and you would like to have enough time to review and incorporate the feedback into your essay, try to get it to me by this week sometime, so I can get it back to you by the  23rd of November along with the feedback from your first essay.
    • If you have not received a response from me related to the second outline by the 23rd, please message me, because there is a chance it was overlooked or it was missing somehow.
    • Some additional slides on “Externalities from Automobiles.”
    • The Nation, “Bangkok ‘congestion charge’ in pipeline as traffic study nears completion,” September 26, 2022.
    • “We are determined to promote the widespread use of electric-powered transportation throughout the nation and continue developing a full-range EV business to become a future EV ecosystem leader,” said Suchat Ramarch, president of PTT Oil and Retail Business. Read Bangkok Post: “GWM partners with PTT to build EV charger network,” October 21, 2022.

Some articles on this subject from me:

Dutch Cycling Embassy: “How to Get Cycling on the Agenda? Bikenomics!” August 17, 2022.

 

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2952-416 STED [AY 2022 Fall] Meeting 11

I would like to start today by wrapping up the discussion about the Vietnam War history and why it matters (notes from last week) and connect it to our figures from earlier:

Burden of Debt:

Media and Law:

Start with chapter 1 of Herman, Edward S. and Noam Chomsky (2002, 1988) Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. New York: Pantheon Books. Then check out the following articles:

Then watch this documentary, “Manufacturing Consent” (1992) by Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick, with my accompanying notes. Alternatively, you could start here and then go back and review the readings. Key highlights include (32:50 – 46:05), (2:38:35 – 2:42:53).

Then watch this documentary, “Manufacturing Consent” (1992) by Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick, with my accompanying notes. Alternatively, you could start here and then go back and review the readings. Key highlights include (32:50 – 46:05), (2:38:35 – 2:42:53).

Additional articles that are relevant to this topic, but ones we likely will not have time to discuss: 

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2952-338 UEP [AY 2022 Fall] Meeting 12

We will start today by discussing the paper by William Rees and chapter 8 by Matt Kahn. Both of these are related to urban sustainability and offer opposing perspectives: Rees comes from the ecological economics perspective, while Kahn comes more from the neoclassical tradition. Here are the discussion questions for Rees and Kahn. We will proceed with the lecture material on housing and then get into traffic congestion and urban transit.

    • Reminder that next week we will meet online using Microsoft Teams.
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2952-416 STED [AY 2022 Fall] Meeting 10

Today’s plan is to continue the “Vietnam Model” and time permitting we will begin the burden of debt.

Vietnam War History and Connection to Modified Core Periphery Model:

Burden of Debt:

 

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Project Pathumwan: Essay 1 submission

Announcement:

    • I am allowing students to finish their first essay by the end of this coming weekend. If you need the extra time, feel free to publish your essay by Sunday night.
    • If you wish to know how points will be assigned so you can make sure you have covered the necessary expectations, here is how I will assign points.
      • 12 pts: Thesis statement (clear central argument on a debatable topic + allusion to supporting arguments. Using the deductive form, this should appear at the end of the introduction, not only in the conclusion. The beginning of the conclusion should, however, restate your thesis statement)
      • 30 pts: Supporting arguments (two or three easily identifiable and well-defended. These and the thesis statement make up the primary elements of the essay.)
      • 7 pts: Counterarguments (could be one section devoted to these or they could be separate counterarguments within each of your supporting arguments.
      • 5 pts: Followed guidelines (formatting, photo captions, etc)
      • 3 pts: Organized (Should be easy to find all key components by simply scanning; take advantage of topic sentences to start paragraphs to help guide the reader.)
      • 3 pts: Length (900-1200 words, with some leeway on the upper bound)
      • 60 points total (37.5% of your writing score; 15% of your overall course grade) 
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2952-338 UEP [AY 2022 Fall] Meeting 11

We will begin today with a brief discussion of Ding and Zhao’s chapter on Urbanization in Japan, South Korea, and China. Here are the discussion questions. Then we will continue with lecture material.

    • Finish topic 10: Local Public Goods
    • Begin topic 11 on “Housing Markets and Tenure Choice.” I would like to cover housing markets, but I will skip the part on tenure choice for the time being. Time permitting, we will come back to it next week. The reason why is because the notes I have may be too US-specific and not of much interest to you other than to provide a simple example, but one that requires a bit of time to explain all the variables.  Based on a simple benefit-cost analysis, I am just not sure whether the benefits justify the time costs for now.
    • For next week, please read the paper by William Rees and chapter 8 by Matt Kahn. Both of these are related to urban sustainability and offer opposing perspectives: Rees comes from the ecological economics perspective, while Kahn comes more from the neoclassical tradition. Here are the discussion questions for Rees.
    • Next week we will cover topic 12:  “housing policies” which will cover subsidies and rent-control.
    • Video: “The Cost of China’s Millionaire Migration” | SBS Dateline – a look at the housing situation in Vancouver. Effect on local affordability (6:43-10:32) ; Immigarant Visa Program (16:17-18:30); effect on neighborhood (18:30-21:56)
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2952-416 STED [AY 2022 Fall] Meeting 9

Today’s plan is to begin the “Vietnam Model”, but first we will finish watching Pilger documentary on “The War on Democracy (38:13-1:16:49).

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