It is especially recommended as a tool course, but does not count towards concentration. This course is offered each term. This course is an introduction to the principles of Marxian political economy, including the labor theory of value, the theory of money, the analysis of accumulation and expanded reproduction and the theory of economic crisis. It includes readings from Marx and modern writers on his theories. A systematic development of the theory of product and factor pricing in markets.
Emphasis is placed on the uses and limitations of some general methods of economic analysis.
The course is offered each term. An introduction to the logic and methods of statistical inference with special reference to economic data. Topics include estimation, hypothesis testing, regression, and time series analysis. The course is offered each term. 310 Economics of Agriculture and World Food Supply K. Rask Discussion of the agricultural and hunger-related problems of developed and developing economies.