Theory of alternative economic systems, of national economic planning, and of re-source allocation under different systems.

This course examines the emergence and evolution of capitalist forms of economic organization, and their interaction with noncapitalist forms. It begins with the Atlantic economy and the African slave trade, and then covers nineteenth-century industrialization in Britain, France, Germany and Russia. The next readings, which include areas in both the center and periphery of the world economy, are organized by topic: trade and the international division of labor, international finance and foreign investment, imperialism, migration, and changing industrial leadership in the world economy.

Examines econometric techniques by observing how practitioners have utilized econometrics as a tool for analyzing substantive questions.

Examines econometric techniques by observing how practitioners have utilized econometrics as a tool for analyzing substantive questions.

Pure theory of international trade. Reasons for trade, gains from trade, factor price equalization, commercial policy, trade and economic development, and customs unions.

Advanced treatment of contemporary theoretical and empirical research in Marxian political economy. Topics include: debates in the labor theory of value; the so-called transformation problem; circuit of capital model; theories of exploitation; theory of finance capital and imperialism; distribution of surplus value - interest, commercial profit, rent; profitability and capital accumulation; theories of capitalist crisis. Prerequisite: ECON 708 or 709

Systematic development of static and dynamic theories of aggregative economic behavior and their applications. Prerequisite: ECON 204.

Systematic development of static and dynamic theories of aggregative economic behavior and their applications. Prerequisite: ECON 204.