Progressive Alternatives: Institutional Reconstruction Now

Harvard HLS

Prerequisites: None Exam: No Exam; two brief response papers during the semester and a longer response paper at the end, in lieu of examination. An exploration of the past and future agenda of progressives, whether self-described as liberals or as leftists. What should they propose, now that they no longer believe in the usefulness of governmental direction of the economy or in the sufficiency of redistrubitive social programs? A basic concern is the relation of programmatic thought…