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ECON 372 - Comparative Economic Systems

3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once

Description:
An examination of alternative systems of economic organization. Analysis of the failed command economies of the former Soviet Bloc and discussion of the progress and prospects for reform in Russia, Poland and Hungary. Special attention is given to comparing alternative capitalist systems (US, Sweden, Germany, Japan and South Korea). Issues of concern include market and non-market mechanisms of allocation and distribution, workers’ control, economic democracy, centralization and decentralization, and the relation of economic affairs to political and social affairs.

Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: ECON 101  and ECON 102  

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