| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DUE DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Perspectives on Capitalism and Financial Crisis | |
| 3 |
The Mississippi Bubble Screeningcwhite2000. "The Ascent of Money 2008 Episode 3 Blowing Bubbles." August 2, 2014. YouTube. | |
| 4 |
The South Sea Bubble Research visit field trip to the South Sea Bubble Resources Collection in the Kress Collection at the Baker Library, Harvard Business School | |
| 5 | Monopoly Capitalism and Financial Innovation | Paper 1 due |
| 6 | Plantation Capitalism | |
| 7 | The Question of Money (some Anglo-American examples) | |
| 8 | Tea, the American Revolution, and the British Empire | |
| 9 | The Economic and Financial Origins of the French Revolution (I) | |
| 10 | The Economic and Financial Origins of the French Revolution (II) | |
| 11 | The Revolutionary Origins of American Capitalism | |
| 12 | Slavery and American Capitalism (I) | Paper 2 due |
| 13 | Slavery and American Capitalism (II) | |
| 14 | Capitalism Today | |
| 15 | Final class | Paper 3 due |