Sherri in Central CA Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Dc have a 1/2 credit economics graduation requirement. I thought it might be nice to tie it into our history lessons. (We will be covering year 3 material.) Is there anything out there that would fit nicely into a historical approach? Thanks in advance for your input! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 You might look into The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. It is a classic book on historical economics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorbie Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 You might try The World Philosophers by Robert L. Heilbroner. It covers economists chronologically and would be a nice jumping off point for further discussions and studies. For the early modern time period the big topics would be mercantilism and colonization (the very beg of globalization), capitalism, the Industrial Revolution, and utopianism. The economic history of Jamestown is also a rich topic. I'm sorry I can't give you specific titles - we still have a few years to go before getting to that stage! -Amber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwen in VA Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 "A History of the U.S. Economy in the 20th Century" by Timothy Taylor This is a series from The Teaching Company. (Anything by Timothy Taylor is excellent.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Oh, I loved Mississippi Bubble! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne in Hawaii Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Classical Economics, and it's a one semester course. The link to the course this semester is here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherri in Central CA Posted April 19, 2008 Author Share Posted April 19, 2008 I really appreciate the input!:) Anne in HI, thank you for the Memoria Press link. I don't think we will do an online course, but I am certainly going to consider the books that they use. Are there anyother books that I should consider?:bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne in S'pore Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 New Ideas from Dead Economists, by Todd G. Buchholz. He explains in chronological order how major economists contributed to the development of economic thought and shows how their ideas are still relevant today. Kind of in the same vein as The Worldly Philosophers by Heilbroner that someone mentioned earlier. It's also entertaining because he throws in odd facts and trivia about the economists' lives. :001_smile: Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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