IBH 2BF3

HISTORY OF CAPITALISM

Undergraduate

Fall 2025 · C01

Readings

Etext The Power Of Creative Destruction Economic Upheaval And The Wealth Of Nations Permanent Access
Aghion · Required
ISBN 9780674258686; 9780674292093

Fall 2025

Topics

capitalism

Fall 2023 · C01

A History of Capitalism from 1500 to the present. This team-taught course introduces students to characteristics of capitalism, core institutions, and explanations for periodic …

Readings

William Cronon, Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West (1992).
Required
Tim Rogan, The Moral Economists: R. H. Tawney, Karl Polanyi, E. P. Thompson, and The Critique Of Capitalism (2019).
Required
Benjamin Lorr, The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket (2021).
Required
James Fulcher, Capitalism: A Very Short Introduction (2015). Not required but a handy set of discussions.
Recommended / optional
Benjamin Lorr, The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket (2021).
Recommended / optional
William Cronon, Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West (1992).
Recommended / optional
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