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History of Economic Thought

Course #: ECON 308, Class #: 10475, Section #: 01

Description

AA discussion of the rise and development of systematic economic thought. Both orthodox and heterodox economic ideas are studied in light of the social and historical context in which they developed. The course covers the origins of mercantilist thought, the physiocrats, classical political economy through Marx, neoclassical economics, the marginalist school, and the advent of macroeconomics.

Prerequisites

ECON 101 and 102

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