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See Fin 301. (3 Credits)
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"Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back." Thus spoke John Maynard Keynes, a 20th-century authority on economic theory and distinguished student of the history of economic thought. The development of economic thinking from the 16th century through the present day. Theories and methodologies of some great economists, such as Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, and Lord Keynes. Prereq: Econ 101. (3 Credits)
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Topics from Marxist, Post Keynesian, and Institutionalist approaches to political economy; focus on their philosophical foundations and political implications. Topics may include growth, distribution, and prices; classes, exploitation, and alienation; the labor theory of value; historical materialism; and the economics of socialism. Prereq: Econ 323. (3 Credits)
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How is Walmart different from your neighborhood convenience store? Evolution of institutional organization of industry in the American economy. Trade associations, cartels, price leadership, and governmental regulatory agencies. Prereq: Econ 102. (3 Credits)
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What is the difference between cooking at home and cooking in a restaurant? A nontraditional study of the economic situation of women in the United States. Most economic analysis assumes individuals "choose"to make "mutually benefi cial exchange." The focus heregives attention to power and provisioning as well as choice and exchange. Interactions among the family, the labor market, and the government in determining women's economic fortunes. Prereq: Econ 102. (3 Credits)
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Economic and sociological theories of urban inequality. Urban economic and population trends; urban labor markets and poverty; urban housing markets and poverty; the links between cities and suburbs. Prereq: Econ 102. (3 Credits)
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Study of labor from neoclassical, Institutionalist, and Marxian perspectives. Quantity and quality of labor supply, demand for labor, discrimination, unemployment, and income inequality. Prereq: Econ 102. (3 Credits)
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Current status of labor-management relations, union organizing, and collective bargaining. Challenges to union organizing; effects of unions on wages, productivity, profi ts, and infl ation; employer demands for concessions and union responses; government policies concerning unions; signifi cance of labor market fl exibility. Prereq: Econ 102. (3 Credits)
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Libertarian or socialist, Republican or Democrat, you have to care. Historically and quantitatively speaking, what does government contribute to the profi ts of business and the prices and choices available to consumers? Topics have included case studies of regulation in railroad, airline, oil, tobacco, and other industries. Prereq: Econ 102. (3 Credits)
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Intermediate macroeconomics. Contemporary theories of income, employment, money, and the business cycle. Topics may include government stabilization policy, international economic relations, economic growth, and the distribution of income. Prereq: Econ 101 and 102 with a grade of C or higher. (3 Credits)
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