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Title: Political Economy of Crisis
Course Section Number: PPE-258-02
Department: Philosophy, Politics, Economic
Description: This class will investigate the social phenomena of crisis and response through the analytical tool kit of political economy. Students will learn a variety of theoretical approaches and apply them to understand and explain historic and contemporary trends in how communities endure and react to different forms of crisis. Theoretical approaches will include rational and strategic decision making, public goods theory, bureaucratic incentives, comparative institutional analysis, and industrial organization. Key applied topics covered during the semester will include business cycles of recession and depression, war and military conflicts, natural disasters and pandemics. Students will investigate how the different spheres of institutional decision-making in society (political, economic and socio-cultural) are each affected by, interact, and react to crisis. Students who want this to count as ECO, should sign up under the ECO number. Students who want this to count towards PPE, should sign up under the PPE number.
Credits: 1.00
Start Date: January 18, 2027
End Date: May 8, 2027
Meeting Information:
01/19/2027-05/06/2027 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 02:40PM - 03:55PM, Room to be Announced
Faculty: D'Amico, Daniel
Requisite Courses: ECO-101

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
PPE-258-02 (primary)
Political Economy of Crisis
OPEN Philosophy, Politics, Economic 20 0 / 20 / 0
ECO-277-03 (cross-listing)
Political Economy of Crisis
OPEN Economics 20 0 / 20 / 0
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