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College Catalog 2016-2017 
    
College Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ECON 229 - World Economic History


This course presents a broad overview of world economic history. It uses concepts and models developed in Principles of Economics to explore how the interplay between geography, institutions, and technology has influenced material living standards from the Stone Age to the present. In particular, we will study the causes and consequences of long-term structural forces such as the agriculture, industrial and informational revolutions, the Malthusian trap and demographic transition, slavery, globalization, and the rise of government. We will also explore more cyclical phenomena such as wars, financial crises, economic depressions and hyper-inflations. Students will learn how economic historians use evidence to make sense of the past and the role economic history plays in guiding current policy debates. This course counts as a Group A elective and serves as a prerequisite for ECON 361. Prerequisite(s): ECON 119  (with minimum grade of C-) Once per year. (4 Credits)