PSC 3165
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Pol Econ of Black America
Black Political Economy examines the complex interplay between race and economics. The course covers the principles, terminology, and methods of standard economics and Black political economy. There is an examination of the complicated journey of Black workers from the transalantic slave trace to the demise of the industrial order in the twenty-first century. There is a particular focus in the course on the current economic circumstance and outlook for African Americans in major American cities in the context of the global economy.