American Economic History

Catalog description

This course surveys topics in American economic history. Due to time constraints and the size of this body of knowledge, coverage of topics will not be comprehensive. Particular attention is paid to continuity and change in American economic development, the causal effects of economic policy, American exceptionalism, the advantages and disadvantages of the methodological approaches used by economists studying American history, the current scholarly debates surrounding selected topics, and a critical examination of historical evidence.