ECO 3023 - Contemporary Political Economy

Institution:

Green Mountain College (Closed)

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Description:

This course will examine the origins and character of the tendency towards crisis in capitalist market systems with emphasis on the contemporary American economy. At the core of our study will be the effort to understand how the forces in a market society affect community, family, the workplace, the environment and the general world order. In particular, we will study income and wealth inequality across generations, the role that disasters natural, financial and political) have played in providing opportunity for profit, and the economic doctrines that have supported and explained these market processes and outcomes. 3 credits.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.greenmtn.edu

Phone Number:

(802) 287-8000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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