Robert Morris University - ECON3050-A Free Market Economics (Fall 2014)

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ECON3050-A Free Market Economics (Fall 2014)

Session, Dates: 1 (08/25/2014 - 12/13/2014)

Days: T R

Time: 07:45 - 09:00 am

Location: Moon Campus

Room: Business School 106

Seats Available: 5 Seats

Credits: 3

Course Description

This course deals with the concept of a free market economy and how a model of economic freedom and limited government is related to political liberty and economic efficiency. Major topics include a study of economics of socialism and capitalism, the "invisible hand" in capitalism, the "fatal conceit" in socialism, the utopian models of laissez-faire capitalism and egalitarian Marxism, and the economic goals of growth, freedom, equity, full employment, price stability, and efficiency.

Prerequisites: (ECON1020 and ECON1030) or ECON1010

About The Instructor

Ralph R. Reiland, M.B.A.

Director, B.K. Simon Scholarship

School of Business

Associate Professor of Economics

Economics and Legal Studies

reiland@rmu.edu
412-397-6389 phone
412-397-2217 fax
Massey Hall 313
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