Economics 493: History of Economic Thought (Winter 2010, University of Oregon) | Economics

Economics 493: History of Economic Thought

Economics 493/593: History of Economic Thought (Winter 2010, University of Oregon). Instructor: Professor Mark Thoma. This course looks at economic thought from the ancient world to the 20th century, major schools of economic thought and their relationship to other social ideas of their times. Topics covered include: mercantilism, physiocrats, the classical school (Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, Bentham, Say, and Senior, and Mill), socialist thought and Marxian socialism, marginalist school (Jevons, Menger, and Walras), neoclassical school: Marshall and Clark, neoclassical welfare economics: Edgeworth, and the Keynesian school: Keynes. (from economistsview.typepad.com)

Lecture 01 - Introduction, The transition from feudalism to capitalism, Mercantilism

Lecture 02 - Mercantilism, Physiocrats

Lecture 03 - The Physiocrats, The Classical School - Forerunners

Lecture 04 - The Classical School - Forerunners, Adam Smith

Lecture 05 - The Classical School: Adam Smith

Lecture 06 - The Classical School: Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo

Lecture 07 - The Classical School: David Ricardo

Lecture 08 - The Classical School: David Ricardo, Bentham, Say, Senior, and Mill

Lecture 09 - The Classical School: Bentham, Say, Senior, and Mill

Lecture 10 - The Classical School: Bentham, Say, Senior, and Mill/ The Rise of Socialist Thought

Lecture 11 - The Rise of Socialist Thought and Marxian Socialism

Lecture 12 - The Rise of Socialist Thought and Marxian Socialism, The Marginalist School

Lecture 13 - The Marginalist School: Jevons and Menger, The Neoclassical School: Marshall and Clark

Lecture 14 - Neoclassical Welfare Economics: Edgeworth, The Neoclassical School: Marshall

Lecture 15 - The Neoclassical School: Marshall, Walras

Lecture 16 - The Neoclassical School: Marshall, Walras/ The Monetarist School

Lecture 17 - The Monetarist School: Wicksell and Fisher/ The Keynesian School: John Maynard Keynes

Lecture 18 - The Keynesian School: John Maynard Keynes, Macroeconomics after Keynes, Modern Microeconomics

References

Economics 493/593: History of Economic Thought (Winter 2010)
Course: Economics 493/593: The Evolution of Economic Ideas. Instructor: Professor Mark Thoma. Text: History of Economic Thought: A Critical Perspective, updated second edition, by E.K. Hunt.