From the Syllabus: This assignment requires you to use themes from the readings

From the Syllabus: This assignment requires you to use themes from the readings and debate critically the meaning, scope, and/or practices.  Critique does not simply mean your opinion; it must be well-reasoned and backed up by reconstructing the arguments and ideas from the readings.  You may be surprised by the readings, think they are interesting, or incredibly boring.  …  In these shorter essays, you are expected to make a strong argument about a specific week’s readings, and to support this argument with theoretical and empirical evidence.  External sources are not required for the short papers.  Your sources for these papers are class readings.
Paper Questions: Pick one, DON’T respond to all three
1.    Comparative advantage – which position, that of the liberals (Warr), or the Dependency theorists (Cardoso), do you believe is best? 
2.    The increase in financialization that we have seen over the last twenty years is beneficial for international political economy.  Agree or disagree with this statement. 
3.    What generated the 2007/2008 financial crisis?  In your answer, make sure to refer to the ‘Inside Job’ and to at least one text from the class.