Terrence McDonough
School of Business and Economics, NUI Galway
Course Syllabi
On this page is the syllabus of the second of four courses that most recently constituted Terry's teaching schedule at NUI Galway.
History of Economic Thought
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History of Economic Thought: A Critical Introduction E. K. Hunt
History of Economic Thought I.I. Rubin
Topics
Pre-capitalist Economic Theory
Greece and Rome
Oeconomica Aristotle Book 1
Scholasticism
Summa Theologica St. Thomas Acquinas Book 2 question 77
Mercantilism
England's Treasure by Forraign Trade Thomas Mun Chap 2-4
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Rubin pp.17-57
The Advent of Industrial Capitalism
Physiocracy
Tableau Economique Francois Quesnay (consult both internet sources)
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Rubin pp.89-150
Establishment Perspectives
Adam Smith
Wealth of Nations Bk I Ch. 1, 2, 3, 7, 10(pt. I) Bk. II Ch. 1, 3, 5 Bk. III Ch. 1
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Rubin pp. 151-218
Ricardo
An Essay on the Influence of a Low Price of Corn on the Profits of Stock David Ricardo
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Rubin pp. 219-287
Bentham
Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation Jeremy Bentham Chs. 1, 4
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Hunt pp.126-135
A Dissenting Perspective
Marx
Communist Manifesto Parts I, II, IV
Value Price and Profit
View pamphlet 'Wage Labour and Capital' online >
Hunt pp.204-247
The Response to Monopoly Capital
Neoclassical Economics
Brief Account of a General Mathematical Theory of Economics W.S. Jevons
Hunt pp.248-315
Marxist Theory of Imperialism
Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism V.I Lenin Ch. 1-8, 10
Hunt pp.348-371
Institutional Economics
The Limitations of Marginal Utility Thorstein Veblen
Hunt pp.316-347
The Response to the Great Depression
Keynes
"The General Theory of Employment", Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol.51, No. 2 Feb. 1937 Sections II, III
Generally available in university libraries
Hunt pp.400-427
The Response to Keynes
Marx and Keynes
Monopoly Capital, Paul A. Baran and Paul M. Sweezy, Chapter 3.
"Monopoly Capital and the New Globalization", John Bellamy Foster, Monthly Review, January, 2002.
Hunt pp. 627-623
Bastard Keynesianism
Macroeconomics, Roger Leroy Miller and Robert Pulsinelli, pp.174-208.
"Mr. Keynes and the 'Classics'; A Suggested Interpretation", J. Hicks Econometrica, Vol. 5, No. 2. (Apr., 1937), pp. 147-159.
The Cambridge Economists
"The Law of Returns under Competitive Conditions", Piero Sraffa, Economic Journal, December, 1926
Hunt pp. 428-445
The Response to the Great Stagflation
Monetarism and Rational Expectations
Macroeconomics, Roger Leroy Miller and Robert Pulsinelli, pp.371-409
"Nobel Lecture: Inflation and Unemployment", Milton Friedman, Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 85, 1977.
Post-Keynesianism
Macroeconomics, Roger Leroy Miller and Robert Pulsinelli, pp.409-419
"Post Keynesian Economics", Paul Davidson, in The Crisis in Economic Theory, edited by Daniel Bell and Irving Kristol
The Marxist Theory of Capitalist Stages
The Enigma of Globalisation by Robert Went, Chapter 5
"Long Swings and Stages of Capitalism", David Gordon, Richard Edwards and Michael Reich in Social Structures of Accumulation: The Political Economy of Growth and Crisis, edited by David Kotz, Terrence McDonough and Michael Reich.