My history of economic thought reading list
History of Economic Thought syllabus
The honor code applies to this class. Accommodations will be made for disabilities in accord with the policies of George Mason University.
Your grade is 2/3 based on your paper, 1/3 based on a final exam. You are required to submit short progress reports on your paper on a regular basis.
Reading list:
Commerce, Culture, & Liberty: Readings on Capitalism Before Adam Smith, edited by Henry C. Clark.
Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations.
Tyler Cowen, GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of all Time, and Why Does it Matter?, free and on-line.
GPT-4, paid version, mandatory, $20 a month.
Phind (free, good for giving you reliable references)
Perplexity.AI, free, usually better than Google these days
The internet
I will assign other readings, predominantly on-line, depending on the topics we end up covering.