Capitalism and Its Critics

A huge bust of a bearded man sits in front of a multi-floored building.

The Karl Marx Monument in Chemnitz, Germany, with the phrase "Workers of the world, Unite!" (from The Communist Manifesto) written in four languages on the wall behind it. (This image is in the public domain. Source: Zairon.)

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14.72

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Fall 2013

Level

Undergraduate

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This course addresses the evolution of the modern capitalist economy and evaluates its current structure and performance. Various paradigms of economics are contrasted and compared (neoclassical, Marxist, socioeconomic, and neocorporate) in order to understand how modern capitalism has been shaped and how it functions in today's economy. The course stresses general analytic reasoning and problem formulation rather than specific analytic techniques. Readings include classics in economic thought as well as contemporary analyses.

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Michael Piore. 14.72 Capitalism and Its Critics. Fall 2013. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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