ECON 7 - Economic History of the United States

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    Description
    Surveys events in the U.S. from the middle of the 17th Century to the present. The class uses economic analysis to examine the social, political and economic events from the Colonial Period to the present. Topics will include the evolution of the banking systems and financial services, manufacturing and tariffs, land and resource use, labor issues, government regulation and deregulation, slavery, the rise of big business, international trade, income and wealth distribution, business cycles, monetary and fiscal policy, and U.S. interaction with the global economy.