LABOR 450 - Labor and the U.S. Economy

3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once

Description:
This course places contemporary problems of labor - union decline, wage stagnation, rising inequality, rising insecurity - in the context of the history of U.S. capitalism. Major topics include income and wealth distribution, workplace power relations, labor radicalism, unemployment, race and gender discrimination, household labor, the welfare state, migration, and globalization. No prior study of economics is assumed.

Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences

Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite:

completed First Year Seminar or
a minimum of 30 credits or
permission of instructor

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