17.100J | Spring 2016 | Graduate

Political Economy I

Calendar

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction: Paradigms and Social Science  
2 Theories of the Liberal State and Politics  
3 Neo-classical Theories of the Economy  
4 Liberal and Neo-classical Approaches  
5 The Keynesian Revolution  
6 Marxist Politics Paper topic 1 distributed
7 Marxist Economics and Value Theory Paper 1 due
8 Sociological Theories of Capitalism (I)  
9 Sociological Theories of Capitalism (II)  
10 Sociological Theories of Capitalism (III) Paper topic 2 distributed
11 Crisis and Capitalism  
Analyzing Groups in Society: New Paradigms?
12 Institutionalism Paper 2 due

Course Info

Learning Resource Types
Written Assignments