Module 4, Lesson 4.2: Outsourcing and the Rise of Global Value Chains

Economics: Society, Markets and [In]equality
Module 4: The Promises and Disappointments of Globalization | Will Milberg
Lesson 4.2: What Drives Globalization?
Video 2/2: Outsourcing and the Rise of Global Value Chains

In this second lesson of Module 4, Dean Milberg digs deeper into the historic wave of global trade that began in the 1980s and the economics of outsourcing and power relations within global value chains.

By the end of this video (2/2), learners will be able to:
Explain the economics of outsourcing
Recognize the power relations within global value chains

This video is part of a free course available on Coursera here (https://www.coursera.org/learn/econom.... For more information about the course, including the full list of videos and reading list, please visit the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis here (https://www.economicpolicyresearch.or....