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ECO 248 - History of Economic Thought

Description
The course is a survey of ways of thinking about economic issues through history, with each one placed in the context of the intellectual and social climate of its times. Special attention will be placed on (1) theories of value; (2) the relationship between economic history and economic thought; (3) the relationship between economics and science. Key figures studied include: François Quesnay, Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, William Stanley Jevons, Léon Walras, John Bates Clark, Alfred Marshall, Thorstein Veblen, and John M. Keynes.
Prerequisite
ECO 100  AND ECO 103  

Credits: 1

Course Attribute(s):
SOCS Gen Ed: Social Science Req


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