COURSE SYLLABUS Course: ECON 4033 History of Economic Thought Prerequisite: (ECON 2013 and ECON 2023) or ECON 2143 or ECON 3053. Course Description: Historical, critical analysis of economic theories relative to their instructional background. Welcome: Welcome to our study of history of economic thought and analysis. We will explore the development of economic ideas and the analytical contributions of a variety of sources and “schools” of analysis. Viewing each contributor, or “school,” we will consider how that work explained and/or altered our understanding of the workings of the economy. We’ll learn about the development of economic ...
Economics Books After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Free Lunch: Easily Digestible Economics, David Response and the Work Ahead, Alan Blinder Smith New Ideas from Dead Economists, Todd G. Globalization and its Discontents Revisited, Buchholz Joseph Stiglitz The Condensed Wealth of Nations, Eamonn Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth Butler and Happiness, Richard Thaler 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About the Talking to My Daughter About the Economy, Economy, Ha-Joon Chang Yanis Varoufakis Economics: A user’s Guide, Ha-Joon Chang Why Globalization Works, Martin Wolf The Bottom Billion, Paul Collier Econocracy: The Perils of Leaving Economics ...
Economics—Chapter 1 Readings New Ideas From Dead example, you may derive some satisfaction from Economists—An Introduction whacking your boss on the head with a canoe paddle to Modern Economics at the annual company picnic. But the momentary Thought burst of utility would presumably be more than offset by the disutility of spending many years in a By Todd G. Buchholz federal prison. (But those are just my preferences.) More seriously, many of our important decisions involve balancing the value of consumption now “Introduction: The Plight of the Economist” pg. 1 against consumption in the future. We ...