ECON325RADICALECONOMICS经济325激进经济学

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1、ECON325RADICALECONOMICSD.AllenDaltonAdjunctProfessorBoiseStateUniversityFall2013CourseIntroductionSyllabusTextsExpectationsofStudentsClassroomConductandExpectationsGradingWrittenPresentationsClassParticipationExamsSyllabusImportantItemsPapergradingOpenSourceInternetsitesClassParticipationguide

2、linesResourcesCourseOutlineandReadingsWhatisRadicalEconomics?CatalogCourseDescriptionAnalysisofradicalpoliticaleconomicthoughtanditsapplicationstothestudyofsocio-economicproblems.TopicsincludeMarxiansocialisteconomictheory,libertarianism,anarchisttheory,evolutionaryeconomictheory,andotherradic

3、almodels.Issuessuchasimperialism,economicandsocialinequality,andalienationwillbeconsidered.RadicalPoliticalEconomyandHeterodoxEconomicTheoryRadicalPoliticalEconomyNormativeCriticaloffundamentalinstitutionswithinsocietyProposalsforfundamentalrestructuringofbasicinstitutionsRadicalPoliticalEc

4、onomy“ParticipatoryEconomics”MarketSocialismMarxismAnarchismSyndicalismMutualismFederatedCommunitiesAnarcho-CapitalismHeterodoxEconomicsPositiveCriticalofthewayinwhich“mainstream”economicsisdoneLackofrealismHiddenbiasesAlternativeexplanationsforeconomicactionHeterodoxEconomicsAustrianEconomicsP

5、ost-KeynesianEconomicsSocialEconomicsInstitutionalEconomicsSraffian-KaleckianEconomicsWhyshouldonestudyRadicalEconomics?A.Isn’tmoderneconomictheory(asfoundintextbooksandtaughtincourses)theapexoftheprogressivedevelopmentofthescience?B.Asapositivescience,don’teconomistsshedfalsetheoriesandadopttr

6、uetheories?IfAandBaretrue,whystudyheterodoxviewpoints?WhyshouldonestudyRadicalEconomics?“Recognizethatmanytheoriesareshort-livedandthattheyoftenreflecttheconcernsofaparticulartimeperiod,andtherebycometoacriticalunderstandingofcontemporarytheory.”-BruceCaldwell,Syllabus,HistoryofEconomicThought,

7、EC555,Fall2003,UNC-Greensboro.WhyshouldonestudyRadicalEconomics?“Kuhndemolishedthe…theory…thatscientificthoughtprogressespatiently,oneyearafteranotherdeveloping,siftingandtestingtheories,sothatsciencemarchesonwardandupward…[E]cono