U.S. Economic History Syllabus, Spring 2018
H442, Economic History of the United States
Syllabus, Spring 2018. Lane 125, 9:30-10:45, Tuesdays-Thursdays
Prof (such as he is!): Brad Birzer
H442 students, thank you so much for taking this course. I’ve only taught it once before, and that was way back in 2001. Roughly the time some of you were only aged one or two! For what it’s worth, I grew up (in high school) reading everything I could from Henry Hazlitt, Milton Friedman, Steve Forbes, Israel Kirzner, and Friedrich Hayek. Yes, I was that guy in the 1980s. Still, while I think I’m fairly good on entrepreneurial theory and the broad overview of American business and entrepreneurial history, I’m not an expert. So, again—thank you.
Assigned readings.
You will be responsible for these as a major part of your midterm and final examinations.
- James Otteson, THE END OF SOCIALISM (first half of the semester)
- Robert Higgs, CRISIS AND LEVIATHAN (second half of the semester)
- other articles, chapters, etc.—scanned and sent to you via email or dropbox
Review of 
Stormfields 