The process of collective bargaining and administration of labor agreements, including organizing, grievance procedures, and arbitration. Government implementation, regulation and control of business enterprises, excluding banks and insurance companies. Economic history of the American South from the colonial era to the present. Examines the post-1800 development of industrial America. Topics covered include the rise of manufacturing, banking, the labor movement, agriculture, and foreign trade.
Special attention is paid to the role of the government sector in the economy.
Comparative analysis of alternative economic systems as practiced by various countries, with close attention to the mechanisms by which information is collected, analyzed, and converted into actions affecting resource allocation and growth. Introduction to theory of economic growth. Introduction to the economics of natural resources and the environment. The course will focus on the major resource and environmental problems and their possible solutions. It will also discuss the theory of exhaustible and renewable resources.