ECN 560 Political Economy of Capitalism and Inequality
Economic and gender inequality, ecology, trade and the political economy of uneven development. An in-depth survey and examination of theories in political economy. Specifically, investigating the structure of modern economy in the context of an increasingly sophisticated globalized world. Some of the topics that will be considered in this course are economic inequality, gender inequality, the relationship of the economic sphere to the ecology, changing role of international trade and political economy of poverty and uneven development.