Pre-course:
- Jan 7: Distribute paper assignment @7Jan2009 @210a2009
- Jan 7: One to two page memos on the readings each week--distribute questions on @7Jan2009 @210a2009
- Jan 7: Email readings and syllabus to students @7Jan2009 @210a2009
First Meeting Jan 21: Organization
Jan 21: The Malthusian Economy? (DeLong) at noon Evans 608-7
- Notes:
- Readings:
- Question
- Pop quiz
**Jan 28: Commercial Revolution (de Vries)
Feb 4: Agriculture (Eichengreen)
Feb 11: Industrial Revolution (de Vries)
Feb 18: American Exceptionalism (Eichengreen)
Feb 25: Slavery and Serfdom (DeLong)**
- Notes:
- Readings:
- Question
**Mar 4: 19th Century Capital Markets (Eichengreen)
Mar 11: 19th Century Labor Markets
Mar 18: Atlantic Economy (DeLong)**
- Notes:
- Readings:
- Question
Mar 20: Paper Assignment: ten-page literature review due
**Apr 1: Gold Standard (Eichengreen)
Apr 8: Financial Crises and the Emergence of the Business Cycle (Eichengreen)
Apr 15: Great Depression I (DeLong)**
- Notes:
- Readings:
- Question
Apr 22: Great Depression II (Eichengreen)
Apr 29: The Mixed Economy and Its Crisis (DeLong)
- Notes:
- Readings:
- Question
May 6: The Great Divergence (DeLong)
- Notes:
- Readings:
- Question
May 13: Paper Assignment: 20-page paper due
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