ECO 713 Political Economy

This course covers major theories and debates in the tradition of heterodox political economy. Topics include debates over economic methodology, value theory, historical materialism, modes of production, the labor process, the dynamics of capitalist production/competition/concentration, crisis theory, financialization, and primitive accumulation. This course will be fairly theoretical in order to prepare students for more applied topics classes. Theoretically, course readings will draw eclectically from non‐ neoclassical traditions, including Marxian, feminist, and Institutionalist Economics. Class, race, and gender will not be treated as topics, but rather as entry points into course topics throughout the semester. Given the literary traditions of Political Economy, students will compose extensive written assignments.