Economics 397MC - ST-Many Histories/Capitalism

The history of Capitalism has often been portrayed as having a singular origin in the process of enclosures in the English countryside and the rise of factories in English cities. This course explores the antecedents of institutions and instruments which have been widely associated with Capitalism but were in use in various part of the globe prior to the Industrial revolution in England. In examining these histories students get to understand our shared economic past and more critically appreciate the present.