WEEK 3: Days 4 & 5: 2.2 Efflorescences & Dark Ages; 2.3. Inequality & Domination :: History of Economic Growth

UC Berkeley Econ 135 S 2023

Lectures:

• 2022-01-31 Tu: Day 4: 2.2. Efflorescences & Dark Ages in the Agrarian Age; course capture: <https://kaf.berkeley.edu/media/t/1_3qa9izc9>

• 2022-02-02 Th: Day 5: 2.3. Pre-Modern Economic Growth Inequality & Domination; course capture: <https://kaf.berkeley.edu/media/t/1_vicvjj33>; lecture audio <https://bcourses.berkeley.edu/files/85318028/download?download_frd=1>

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Required Readings:

• Jack Goldstone (2002); Efflorescences and Economic Growth in World History

• Willem Jongman (2007): Gibbon was Right: The Decline and Fall of the Roman EconomyLinks to an external site.

• Clark 6

• Peter Temin: Land Tenure and Exploitation from the Roman Empire to Lord Peter WimseyLinks to an external site.

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Optional Readings:

• Brad DeLong: Lecture Notes: The Solow Growth Model; Lecture Notes: Malthusian Economies <http://datahub.berkeley.edu/user-redirect/interact?account=braddelong&repo=history-of-economic-growth-theory-readings&branch=main&path=heg-growth-theory.ipynb>

• Josiah Ober (2020): Agamemnon’s Cluelessness…

• Peter Temin: The Roman Market Economy, Roman Growth

• Abigail Adams: Letter to John Adams

• Aristotle: Politics, Book I