History of Econ Philosophy

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This course will show how economics developed out of philosophy. It begins with ancient Greece philosophers’ approach to economic issues, and examines how philosophers in the 1700 and 1800s created an increasingly specialized approach that eventually developed into modern economics. It presents the diverse views of early economic thinkers, and discusses the links between economic and philosophical schools of thought. This is a sophomore-level, philosophy elective that may also be cross listed as a sophomore-level economics elective.