Course # 41150 Section Number 1 Day(s) W Time(s) 2:30pm-5:20pm Term Fall 2024 Course Instructor James Robinson Syllabus Syllabus 9/4/24 The course will study the cultural, social, and institutional foundations of contemporary and historical societies around the world. Particular attention will be paid to factors that are typically taken for granted and presumed universal within the economics discipline. These include perceptions of reality (including birth, death, the afterlife, the spiritual world, nature,and the environment), and moral frameworks (including views about right/wrong, fairness,equality, and community membership). We will consider how these differences then affect and are affected by resulting cultural values, social structures, and formal political and legal institutions. The course is targeted to advanced (second-year or later) Ph.D. students with an interest in economic development, political economy, cultural economics, and/or economic history. Must be a PhD student to enroll. Quarter Title Instructor Day(s) Time(s) Syllabus Fall 2024 Advanced Topics in Political Economy: Comparing Societies James Robinson Wednesday 2:30pm-5:20pm Syllabus Recent News More news The Collapse of Bat Populations Led to More Than a Thousand Infant Deaths Mon., September 09, 2024 Alumni Profile: Utsav Gandhi, MPP’20 Fri., September 06, 2024 Set up panel to tackle air pollution in Indo-Gangetic plains: UP to center Mon., September 02, 2024 Upcoming Events More events Harris Campus Visit Tue., September 10, 2024 | 10:00 AM Keller Center 1307 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 United States Building your Harris Application Wed., September 11, 2024 | 12:00 PM Get to Know Harris! Appointment with MSCAPP Academic Director Anne Rogers Thu., September 12, 2024 | 12:00 PM University of Chicago Office of Federal Relations 1730 Pennsylvania Ave NW Ste 275 Washington DC, DC 20006 United States