| Response sheet 25, for lecture class, Thursday | |
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1. We are nearing the end of the course; I have two main questions left, with one in reserve for next week. In this course we have studied the long 19th century into the early 20th century. How has this given you critical distance and leverage to upgrade and revise your understanding of your own economic moment, in 2024? What do you notice, and investigate, and talk about now that you did not discern before taking this class? 2. Keeping that question in mind, do you remember where we started this class? The danger of a single story. Questioning the unquestioned? The invention of “capitalism” and “the economy” in the early and mid twentieth century. The concept of “political economy.” Not economic growth, but three-dimensional economic development. Not purchasing, but making.... |