Economics in Context: A Short History of Economic Thought and Society

In the public eye the apparent failure of economists to predict the financial crisis of 2007-8, together with a perceived complicity in defending the underlying system despite its inequalities, has tended to discredit the profession. This course will place economic understanding in context by tracing its development over time, always challenged by changing social and political conditions. Beginning with medieval thinking we will move on through key ideas and authors from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century. No prior knowledge is required.

Roy Love MA MSc PhD

• Term: Autumn
• Day: Saturday
• Start Date: 01 December 2018
• Time: 10am-1pm
• No. of weeks: 1
• Course fee: £22.00

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