Survey the ideas that have structured the American economic system and the implications of these ideas for civic life and citizenship. Explore the philosophical and theoretical questions of political economy, as well as the policy challenges of the modern welfare state and globalization. Discuss readings that may include Adam Smith, Alexander Hamilton, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as well as modern economists and social scientists. Civics 301F and Civics 331F may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.