WEEK 1: Days 1 & 2: 1. Introduction: Five Questions About Economic Growth :: History of Economic Growth
UC Berkeley Econ 135 S 2023
Lecture Notes:
2022-01-17 Tu: Day 1: 1. Introduction: Economic Growth in Historical Perspective: 1.1. Five Questions; course capture video: <https://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1522040/external_tools/78987>
2022-01-19 Th: Numerical Guesses at þe Quantitative Picture of Long-Run Economic Growth; course capture video: <https://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1522040/external_tools/78985>
Required Readings:
Clark: A Farewell to Alms ch. 1
Allen: Global Economic History ch. 1
DeLong: Slouching Towards Utopia Intro.
Greg Clark (2005): The Condition of the Working Class in England, 1209-2004…
Optional Readings:
Doug Jones (2022): Toba, or the Sperm Whale Effect?…
Monika Karmin & al. (2015): A Recent Bottleneck of Y-Chromosome Diversity Coincides with a Global Change in Culture…
Jared Diamond (1987): The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race…
Doug Jones (2022): The Patriarchal Age…
Andy Matuschak (2022): Why Books Don't Work...
Syllabus: <https://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1522040/files?preview=85130561>
Course Logistics Discussion:<https://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1522040/discussion_topics/6496784>