14.72
Capitalism and Its Critics
Fall 2013
Topics
- The Evolution of the Industrial State
- Paradigms in Social Science
- Film: The Fountainhead . Directed by King Vidor. Black and White, 114 min. 1949.
- Keynes
- Galbraith and Solow
- Piore and Sabel
Readings
- [Rand] = Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead . Plume, 1994. ISBN: 9780452273337.
- [Kidder] = Kidder, Tracy. The Soul of a New Machine . Back Bay Books, 2000. ISBN: 9780316491976.
- WEEK #: 1 · TOPICS: The Evolution of the Industrial State · READINGS: No readings
- Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom
- ———. “Altruism, Egoism, and Genetic Fitness: Economics and Sociobiology.” Chapter 13 in The Economic Approach to Human Behavior . University of Chicago Press, 1978. ISBN: 9780226041124.
- ———. “Marxian Economics.” Chapter 4 in An Introduction to Karl Marx . Cambridge University Press, 1986. ISBN: 9780521338318
- ———. “Historical Materialism.” Chapter 6 in An Introduction to Karl Marx . Cambridge University Press, 1986. ISBN: 9780521338318
- ———. “Class Consciousness and Class Struggle.” Chapter 7 in An Introduction to Karl Marx . Cambridge University Press, 1986. ISBN: 9780521338318.
- ———. “Marx’s Theory of Politics.” Chapter 8 in An Introduction to Karl Marx . Cambridge University Press, 1986. ISBN: 9780521338318.
- Polanyi, Karl. The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time . 2nd ed. Beacon Press, 2001, pp. 43–52, 68–76, 130–50, 192–200, 200–19, and 249–58. ISBN: 9780807056431.
- Piore, Michael J., and Charles F. Sabel. “Mass Production as Destiny and Blind Decision.” Chapter 2 in The Second Industrial Divide: Possibilities for Prosperity . Basic Books, 1986. ISBN: 9780465075614.
- ———. “The Corporation.” Chapter 3 in The Second Industrial Divide: Possibilities for Prosperity . Basic Books, 1986. ISBN: 9780465075614.
- ———. “Possibilities for Prosperity: International Keynesianism and Flexible Specialization.” Chapter 10 in The Second Industrial Divide: Possibilities for Prosperity . Basic Books, 1986. ISBN: 9780465075614.
- Sacks, Oliver. Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf . Vintage Books, 2000. ISBN: 9780375704079.
- The Soul of A New Machine
- The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
- Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead . Plume, 1994. ISBN: 9780452273337.
- Kidder, Tracy. The Soul of a New Machine . Back Bay Books, 2000. ISBN: 9780316491976.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.