Terrence McDonough
School of Business and Economics, NUI Galway
Course Syllabi
In this section I have included the syllabi of the four courses that have lately constituted my teaching schedule at NUI Galway.
Comparative Economic Thought
2nd Year Arts
Terry McDonough
St. Anthony's Rm. 221 Ext. 3164
Introduction
Reintroducing Macroeconomics Cohn, Ch. 1
Neoclassical Economics: Why an alternative is needed
| Supply and Demand | Debunking Economics Steve Keen Ch. 3 |
| Income distribution | History of Economic Thought E.K. Hunt Ch. 16 |
Marxian Economics
| Basic Concepts | Economics, Marxian versus Neoclassical Wolff and Resnick, Ch. 3, Sect. C |
| Understanding Capitalism Bowles and Edwards pp. 49 -68 (reserve) | |
| Capitalism and Profits | The Profit System Green and Sutcliffe, Ch. 1 |
| Bowles and Edwards pp. 68 - 83 |
Determinants of the Profit Rate:
| Labour Relations | Green and Sutcliffe, Ch. 5 (reserve) |
| Bowles and Edwards 155 – 197 (reserve) | |
| Technology | Green and Sutcliffe, Ch. 3 (reserve) |
Prices:
| Labour Theory of Value | Economics Hunt and Sherman, Ch. 18 |
| Sraffa's Price Theory | The Challenge of Radical Political Economy Sawyer Ch. 8.1-8.5 |
Post Keynesian Economics
Money:
| Chartalism | Understanding Modern Money Randall Wray pp.155 - 176 |
| Endogenous Money | Macroeconomics Sherman and Evans pp.306 – 328 |
| Money and Instability | Sherman and Evans pp. 334 – 342 (reserve) |
Demand:
| Aggregate Demand | Theory of Economic Dynamics Michel Kalecki pp. 45-52 |
| Monopoly Capital | Political Economy Peter Reynolds pp. 216-229 |
Capitalist Dynamics: Marx and Keynes
| Accumulation | The Capitalist Sysetem 3rd Ed. Edwards, Reich and Weisskopf Chs. 3.2, 3.5-.6 |
| Unemployment, Inflation and Business Cycles | Bowles and Edwards pp.269 – 296 (reserve) |
Institutional Economics
| The Institutional Tradition | The Reconstruction of Economics Gruchy Ch. 1 Chs. 2-3 (reserve) |
| Social Structures of Accumulation: Marx and Institutions | Long Swings and Stages of Capitalism Gordon, Edwards and Reich From Social Structures of Accumulation Kotz, McDonough, Reich. |
| The State | Green and Sutcliffe Ch. 11 (reserve) |
| Ideology | Green and Sutcliffe Ch. 9 (reserve) |
Ecological Economics
A Guide to What's Wrong with Economics Edward Fullbrook Ch 22, pp. 237-46.