Course Description: An analysis of the various systems of economic organization; comparison of socialist methods of economic planning with the spontaneous order of the capitalist market economy; overview of the current economies of many nations.
Goals and Objectives: By the end of this course, Northwood wants students to understand
Evaluation: Six Weekly Assignments (30 points each); Final Paper (20 points)
Paper: must follow all APA guidelines, content must be accurate and comprehensive, research must be adequate and documented, paragraph structure must be clear and easy to follow so the reader may be inspired by how information and messages are presented, language must be clear and concise, using correct spelling, grammar and choice of vocabulary. See tips here.
Course Schedule (all assignments are due on Wednesdays 9pm ET):
Week 1: Analyzing economic systems from Ancient Greece to the Middle Ages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdKBfXRpNsk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vpG6w5mAOU
Origins of Political Order (17:30-52:00min)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1332145
Week 2: Analyzing the impact of religion and geography
No Rest for Wicked (Blackboard, MI Library, Films on Demand)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1356770
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8z6XS2jieE
Guns,Germs and Steel (part 2, Conquest)
Week 3: Analyzing socialism
https://www.prageru.com/courses/history/americas-socialist-origins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ee8Eb2YCaY&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCIdm3cM6zQ
Heaven on Earth (3 parts, rise and fall of socialism)
https://mises.org/library/economic-policy* (Socialism)
Week 4: Analyzing capitalism (research USA, Germany and Japan, paper due Week 6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AydEQS3sf0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtP7GNoA1J0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0D1RAY5NZ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40NVkfbaMo4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obWVI3UKf9Y&nohtml5=False
https://mises.org/library/economic-policy* (Capitalism)
Week 5: Comparing economic systems in the 21st century
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhE_68GMJIk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNtyV0CXfzU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKhR9i5CGkA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78-BlZXm7wA
https://www.mruniversity.com/courses/development-economics/malawi-restricts-trade-corn*
https://www.mruniversity.com/courses/development-economics/clove-monopoly-optional
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZwEDa9TrfE
Unlikely Heroes
Brexit
India Awakes
Week 6: Transition to a global free enterprise economy
https://www.prageru.com/courses/history/why-america-so-rich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1nXxPMsOIs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5P8AZRBLac
The Agony of Reform (Part 2 of Commanding Heights)
Tyranny of Control, Broadcast Programs, 1980 series (http://www.freetochoose.tv/)
Trailblazers: New Zealand (http://www.freetochoose.tv/)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DxXHh-p-O4
https://www.prageru.com/courses/history/why-isnt-communism-hated-nazism
Submit 1000 words final paper addressing the following 6 questions:
“All education is self-education. A teacher is only a guide, to point out the way, and no school, no matter how excellent, can give you education. What you receive is like the outlines in a child’s coloring book. You must fill in the colors yourself.”
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