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Academic Year 2003/2004

Analytical Political Economy
ECON 352 FA

Standard economic analysis treats capitalism as simply the most general form of market economy and, consequently, bases its normative assessment of that economic system on the efficiency properties of markets. This course considers the alternative position that capitalism must be understood as both a political and an economic system and evaluated accordingly. Toward this end, new developments in the economic analysis of information, strategic behavior, and collective choice are applied in studying the central features of capitalist economies. Topics include wealth and class, division of labor and the nature of firms, capital accumulation and unemployment, the role of the state, and possible alternatives to capitalism.

MAJOR READINGS

To be announced

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm and final exams, problem sets, short papers, and possibly participation in economic experiments.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Please note that if you do not meet one of the prerequisite listings EXACTLY, then you need a prerequisite override.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS ECON    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: (ECON111 AND ECON112) OR ECON105 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004

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