Introduction to current economic issues facing the Middle East; similarities and differences in Middle Eastern countries' growth, inflation, unemployment, fiscal and monetary policy, imports, exports, foreign debt and exchange rate policy.
Prereq: 2001.01, 2001.02 (200), 2001.03H (200H), or AEDEcon 2001 (200), and 2002.01, 2002.02 (201), or 2002.03H (201H), or equiv. Not open to students with credit for 537, AEDEcon 4537 (537), 437, IntStds 4537 (537), or 437. Cross-listed in AEDEcon and IntStds.