ECON3050-A Free Market Economics (Spring 2021)
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Course Details
Session, Dates: 1 (01/19/2021 - 04/30/2021)
Days: T R
Time: 12:30 - 01:45 pm
Location: Moon Campus
Room: Business School 106
Seats Available: Course Full, Choose another
Credits: 3
Virtual Rotation (details)
Course Description
This course deals with the concept of a free market economy and how a model of economic freedom and limited government is related to political liberty and economic efficiency. Major topics include a study of economics of socialism and capitalism, the "invisible hand" in capitalism, the "fatal conceit" in socialism, the utopian models of laissez-faire capitalism and egalitarian Marxism, and the economic goals of growth, freedom, equity, full employment, price stability, and efficiency
Prerequisites: ECON1010 or ECON1020 and ECON1030 or ECON1035
Prerequisites: ECON1010 or ECON1020 and ECON1030 or ECON1035
Course Materials
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J. Brian O'Roark, Ph.D.
oroark@rmu.edu
412-397-6386 phone
412-397-6469 fax
Wheatley Center 322
Profile
University Professor of Economics
Social Sciences
B.K. Simon Fellow
Social Sciences
oroark@rmu.edu
412-397-6386 phone
412-397-6469 fax
Wheatley Center 322
Profile