POL 387: Political Economy of
East Asia
Instructor: Dr. Gang Guo
E-mail: gg@olemiss.edu
Course Overview
• Political Economy of East Asia
• What is political economy?
• What is East Asia?
Politics and Economics
• ``In all the political systems of the world,
much of politics is economics, and most of
economics is politics” -- Charles Lindblom
• ``Economics does not usefully exist apart
from politics” -- John Kenneth Galbraith
• ``There is no such thing as a purely
economic issue” -- Milton Friedman
Role of the State
• Government
intervention in the
economy
• Whether and How?
East Asia
• Geographically
• Politically
• Economically
East Asia & Southeast Asia
• Economic
connections
since middle
ages
• Economic
integration in
modern times