ECO 154 A-Z - Special Topics in EconomicsSemester Hours: 1-4
This course will offer students the opportunity to study in an area of specialization in Economics that is not covered by existing courses. The specific topic will reflect the interests of the instructor and will be listed when the course is offered.
Current Special Topics:
ECO 154B - (BJ,IS) Karl Marx and Crisis Today
This course welcomes those approaching Karl Marx for the first time as well as those with previous courses on Marx or Marxian economics. The course is an exploration of contemporary macroeconomic and environmental issues using the analytical apparatus developed by Karl Marx in Volumes One, Two, and Three of Capital. While the course will explore issues and applications on the frontier of Marxian economics, it will also provide beginners with sufficient preparation to tackle intermediate topics dealing with Vols. Two and Three of Capital, such as the theory of rent (and contemporary financialization), the theory of a falling rate of profit (and contemporary stagnation and policy ineffectiveness), the question of unequal exchange between the Global North and the Global South, and finally the causal relation between capitalism and climate change. Students who complete the course will have gained a thoroughly grounded analysis of and explanation for the contemporary “polycrisis” and will therefore have the basis upon which to craft and evaluate proposed responses to the current exhaustion of capitalism.
Same as LACS 016I , LABR 155I
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