B8581-001: Modern Political Economy
TR - Full Term, 10:20AM to 11:50AM
Credit hours: 3.0
Location: URI 142
Method of Instruction: Hyflex/Hybrid
Instructor: Raymond Horton;
The purpose of the course is to help students understand, predict, adapt to and shape the evolving world of political economy from the various vantages they will hold during their careers. Part One examines the foundations of modern political economy laid by the grand masters Smith, Marx, Keynes and Schumpeter. Part Two examines development in American political economy during the 20th century. Part Three examines whether events so far in the 21st century signal sea changes in American and international political economy.
Raymond Horton
Frank R. Lautenberg Professor Emeritus of Ethics and Corporate Governance
Professor Horton teaches the popular elective course Modern Political Economy. A member of the Columbia Business School faculty since 1970, he served two years while on leave from the School as Executive Director of the Temporary Commission on City Finances during the New York City fiscal crisis, and later served 15 years as Director of Research and President of the Citizens Budget Commission. His publications on...