ECO 254 Social Economics

The course analyzes the principal foundations of the current American economic structure from a perspective that includes both the individual and social dimensions of economic problems. We investigate the philosophical foundations of economic analysis and the social implications of economic policy as it is applied. The goal of social economics is to explore the role the interrelationships between economics, human dignity, ethics, and philosophy have played in reshaping the American society. In this course, property, money, democracy, and the individual will be examined in an analytical, historical and institutional framework. Prerequisites: ECO 105 and ECO 106