San Francisco State University D. Mar US Economic History Economics 400 traces the growth and development of the United States from the Colonial period until the present. The course utilizes microeconomic, macroeconomic, and political economic tools to understand the US economy over time.
Economic history is useful in a number of ways.
One, it allows us to examine economic problems and solutions in the past to help explain current economic problems. Two, economic history offers many lessons for economic development in developing countries. Three, economic history is the evidence used to judge the usefulness of economic theory. Finally, economic history is a useful tool in the analysis of history in general. The primary textbook is Attack, J. and Passel, P, A New Economic View of American History .