Transfers ToCSUDescriptionFrom 'tech bros' to shipping magnates and real estate speculators, what identities and values have been valorized through an economic and cultural system based on infinite wealth? This course is a multidisciplinary exploration of money, wealth, and success in America through the 21st century. Students examine cultural periods, such as the Gilded Age and post-World War II America, that solidified resilient cultural norms about money, new definitions of wealth, standards for success, appropriate forms of charity, and mechanisms of income redistribution. Students will question financial institutions from stock exchanges to insurance to credit and how they shape the economic fortunes of individuals, communities, corporations, and nations. In this course the student will learn the role of money, wealth, and success in social mobility, environmental stewardship, peace, and equality. 