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Title: Money
Course Section Number: PHI-319-01
Department: Philosophy
Description: Money makes the world go 'round. Money is the root of all evil. Time is money. Money talks. Does anything else in life have such metaphorical versatility? In this course, we will think about something that everyone is familiar with but few of us (maybe none of us) truly understand: money. We will study its history, as well as classic and contemporary debates about its meaning, significance, and purpose. We will interrogate how money is bound up with power not only in terms of who has it, but in who has the right to create it - this will include conversations about the status of the U.S. dollar as a world currency. We will also inquire into the potential future of money in the form of cryptocurrency.
Credits: 1.00
Start Date: January 19, 2026
End Date: May 9, 2026
Meeting Information:
01/20/2026-05/07/2026 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 08:00AM - 09:15AM, Baxter Hall, Room 311
Faculty: Busk, Larry
Requisite Courses: Prerequiste: One previous course in PHI or ECO

Course Status & Cross-Listings

Cross-list Group Capacity: 20
Cross-list Group Student Count: 0
Calculated Course Status: OPEN
Section Name/Title Status Dept. Capacity Enrolled/
Available/
Waitlist
PHI-319-01 (primary)
Money
OPEN Philosophy 20 0 / 20 / 0
PPE-329-01 (cross-listing)
Money
OPEN Philosophy, Politics, Economic 20 0 / 20 / 0
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