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GS 376: Political Economy of the US

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41102

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Name: Social, Behavioral, and Global Studies ~ Division of

Email: social_behavioral@csumb.edu

Phone: 582-4364

Fax: 582-3566

Building: Ocean Hall Suite A

Website: http://sbgs.csumb.edu

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Course Description:

Introduces the workings of the U.S. economy in political and global context. Examines recent changes in income and wealth distribution, as well as economic policies and shifts in power fueling the growing divide between rich and poor. Examines the decline of organized labor, conditions of work, and the current climate of outsourcing jobs, executive excess, defective corporations, and indefinite war. Includes health, education, environment, and consumption and a growing national debt. Shows how ordinary citizens have been reclaiming polluted, bankrupt communities, resources, and human dignity by taking actions to create a Fair Economy. (Offered every other spring semester.)

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Start & End Dates:

Start: August 24, 2009
End: December 20, 2009

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