History of Economic Thought

Undergraduate

The course explores the ideas of the principal writers of the classical school of economic thought, particularly Smith, Malthus, Ricardo, Mill and Marx. Attention will also be given to the surrounding intellectual, political, and economic context within which these ideas were developed and the reasons why classical thought evolved into modern, neoclassical economics. Prerequisite(s): ECON 1013/ECON 1023 with a minimum grade of C-.