Inequality: History of Neoliberalism
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Exploration of origins, ideas, and consequences of neoliberalism--theory that society is best organized on principles of free trade, deregulation, and privatization. Combination of political, economic, and intellectual history to construct genealogy of neoliberal thinking by attending to 18th- and 19th-century liberalism, colonialism, imperialism, rise of social democracy and military Keynesianism, and Mount Pelerin Society's Cold War resuscitation of 19th-century liberalism. Coverage of economic crisis of 1970s, restructuring of global political economy in U.S., Europe, global south--specifically debt, structural adjustment policies, environmental destruction, and military intervention. Tracing of colonial roots of global north-south divide to reveal how neoliberal policies represent longer process of accumulation by dispossession and enclosure rather than sudden radical break from Keynesian model. P/NP or letter grading.
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8.3 / 10
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10.0 / 10
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5-10 hrs/week
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8.3 / 10
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Lectures were good but discussion sections were pretty bad, mostly because I did not like the way they were organized and I felt my TA was not knowledgeable in the subject. Overall a pretty interesting class though
This is an interesting class about neoliberalism and capitalism. There is no midterm or a final test, our final is simply a group project with the people in our discussion. The final project is 40% of your grade, the discussion post is 40%, and participation is 20%. The assigned readings and lectures are insightful and thought-provoking. Lectures are recorded and participation in lectures is not counted. Overall HIST 12B is a really easy GE class that I highly recommend, coming from someone who does not like history and politics at all but still finds the lectures and readings interesting.
The class was great! Lectures were a bit dry at times, but reading the texbook/associated readings is more than enough to do well on the assignments. There are no exams. SImply a group project and weekly papers. Highly reccomend for an easy A.
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Has a group project
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Attendance not required
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1 midterm
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10th week final
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67% recommend the textbook
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