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POLITICAL ECONOMY - POS230 Spring 2025
Course
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Jacob Maze
Lessons
Here is the course outline:
1. Introduction
Feb 15
Discussing the scope of political economy and the outline of the course. |
2. The Classical Political Economy Perspective
Feb 22
Discussing the main figures and ideas of this school of thought. |
3. The Marxist Perspective
Mar 1
Discussing the main figures and ideas of this school of thought. |
4. Evolutionary Understanding of Economy and Market Society
Mar 8
Discussing the main figures and ideas of this perspective. |
5. Keynesianism and Macroeconomics
Mar 15
Discussing the main figures and ideas of this perspective. |
6. National Systems of Political Economy (Market-Oriented, Developmental, Social-Market Capitalisms)
Mar 22
Discussing the main features and contexts of these three models. |
7. MID-TERM
Mar 29
Mid-term exam will be administered. |
8. Communist Political Economy
Apr 5
Discussing the main features and contexts of the Soviet Communist Political Economy |
9. The Political Economy of Post-Communist Transformations
Apr 12
Discussing the main features and contexts of the post-Communist political economies |
10. Between Free Trade and Protectionism
Apr 19
Discussing the historical contexts and arguments of both |
11. The State and the Multinationals
Apr 26
Discussing in detail with modern political economic relations |
12. The Political Economy of Regional Integration
May 3
Discussing in detail with modern political economic relations |
13. The Political Economy of the Environment
May 10
Discussing the impact of putting economy first in relation to the environment. |
14. FINAL EXAM
May 24
Final Exam administered to the students. |