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Analytical Political Economy
ECON252 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

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

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

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Skillman,Gilbert L.   

Times: ..T.T.. 10:00AM-11:20AM;     Location: PAC107

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 35)

SR. major: 16   Jr. major: 16

SR. non-major: 1   Jr. non-major: 1   SO: 1   FR: X

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Ethical Reasoning, Writing, Focused Inquiry Course

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000

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