Study of fundamental alternatives in public policy. Explores the systemic, evolutionary patterns in overall socioeconomic institutional arrangements, and examines the manner in which knowledge is discovered, changed, and communicated in social systems. Drawing on the field of complex evolving systems, this course pays particular attention to two traditions, Marxism and the Austrian School. Textual material is in Folio Views software, which facilitates a close reading and enables collaboration in earlier analysis and interpretation of texts. Introduction to economics for graduate students who need to make sense of economic processes and problems, but do not require the theoretical treatment of a graduate economics program.
Emphasis is on a practical understanding of economic problems, issues, and policies.
The aim is to help students gain comfort and confidence with economic tools of thought. Reading and writing assignments are done in Folio Views software, which supports collaborative learning. Not for economics credit. May be repeated for credit. After exploring conceptions of corporate culture, this course examines exemplary ethnographies of various organizations, including those of different societies, as preparation for students' own ethnographic field work and writing.