American Political Economy II: Reconstruction Through the Great Society

Examines the theory, practice, and consequences of government's role in the American economy from Reconstruction through the Great Society. May include the arguments of Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, FDR, Dwight Eisenhower, and LBJ as well as topics such as trust-busting, creation of the Federal Reserve, the impact of World War, the New Deal, the federal highway system, and the Great Society.