SCHEMEL FORUM EVENING COURSE - Occupy the Political Economy: The Financial Crisis and the American Future
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Wednesday, 21 March, 2012
The objective of this course is to explore both the sources and the political implications of the core claim of the Occupy Wall Street movement: That the present architecture of the American political economy is neither defensible nor sustainable. We will attempt to identify the key sources of the crisis and move on to address the global financial crisis and the civil society responses to these crises. The last class will be devoted to “thinking outside the box” with regard to strategies for the American future.
David O. Friedrichs, Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice and Distinguished University Fellow
*Required Reading:
1. Robert B. Reich, After-Shock: The Next Economy and the American Future.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 2010
2. John Perkins, Hoodwinked: an Economic Hit man Reveals Why the Global Economy Imploded - And How to Fix It.
New York: Crown Business 2009; 2011
Recommended:
1. Roger Lowenstein, The End of Wall Street
New York: Penguin Books, 2010; 2011
2. Thom Hartmann, Threshold: The Progressive Plan to Pull America Back from the Brink
New York: Plume, 2010
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Weinberg Memorial Library, Room 305
Scranton, PA 18510