Good to see you have Hamilton on manufactures - maybe something from Jefferson on agricultural republics to see the other side - sort of the equivalent of the Hayek-Polanyi framing in STU.
A little more unorthodox might be some passages from Henry George's Progress and Poverty, which was highly influential in its day. Or Thorstein Veblen on the emergence of a consumer society, Veblen also gets you to institutionalist perspectives on economic history. Institutionalism would give you an opening to discuss why economists should study economic history. And you could use it throw in Acemoglu on AI and the economy of the future.
Maybe something from Glory Liu's Adam Smith in America. Interesting use of Lippmann, but maybe Dewey for contrast.
I know it is not a history of political economic thought, but the I think the Hayek-Polanyi framing was useful for STU and something similar might work here.
If you were building the course around American exceptionalism Brad, might there not be some room for Werner Sombert? Part of the story might want to focus on why the American working class was different and how that led to a different public policy regime.
The conventional view of slavery is messed up - slavery has been rife around the world. See
[1] D. A. Pargas and J. Schiel, The Palgrave Handbook of Global Slavery throughout History. 2023.
free on the web not too heavy for undergraduates
Good to see you have Hamilton on manufactures - maybe something from Jefferson on agricultural republics to see the other side - sort of the equivalent of the Hayek-Polanyi framing in STU.
A little more unorthodox might be some passages from Henry George's Progress and Poverty, which was highly influential in its day. Or Thorstein Veblen on the emergence of a consumer society, Veblen also gets you to institutionalist perspectives on economic history. Institutionalism would give you an opening to discuss why economists should study economic history. And you could use it throw in Acemoglu on AI and the economy of the future.
Maybe something from Glory Liu's Adam Smith in America. Interesting use of Lippmann, but maybe Dewey for contrast.
I know it is not a history of political economic thought, but the I think the Hayek-Polanyi framing was useful for STU and something similar might work here.
If you were building the course around American exceptionalism Brad, might there not be some room for Werner Sombert? Part of the story might want to focus on why the American working class was different and how that led to a different public policy regime.
Release the audio lectures from your class. Please and thank you.