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Economics Class Series 2009
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Twelve Week Syllabus
Week One —— Intro - The Mind (2009 January 31)
+ Megan B. — Introduction — LaRouche as a Forecaster (sorry no audio)
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Merv F. — What is Mankind?
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Notes
Week Two —— Economics of the Noosphere (2009 February 7)
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Merv F. — Recapitulation on Powers
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Matt O. — Vernadsky's Approach
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Merv F. — Dana and the Principle of Cephalization
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Megan B. — Potential Relative Population Density
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Vernadsky Excerpts
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Dana on Cephalization (Oct 1876)
Week Three —— Power and Anti-Entropy (2009 February 14)
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Matt O. — Introduction
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Reading — Vernadsky Excerpts
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Merv F. — Measurement of Power
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Reading — More on Physical Time
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Week Four —— The American System of Economics (2009 February 21)
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Megan B. — Introduction
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Matt O. — Historical Development
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Readings — Franklin Thru Hamilton
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Readings — M. Carey Thru McKinley
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Franklin on the Increase in Mankind
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Matthew Carey — Selections from Essays on the Policy of Manufacturing
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William McKinley — Excerpt from a Speech
Week Five —— Credit System vs. Monetary System (2009 February 28)
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Matt O. — Introduction
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Michael K. — Hamilton's First National Bank
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Reading of the Continentalist
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Michael K. — Credit and the National Bank
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Megan B. — Lincoln and the Transcontinental Railroad
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Week Six —— Introducing A New Principle: Meet Heat-Powered Machinery (2009 March 7)
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Merv F. — Intro — National Sovereignty
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Week Seven —— The "Potential Field" of Basic Economic Infrastructure (2009 March 14)
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Discussion — Case Studies
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Matt O. — Science: The Power to Prosper
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Megan B. — Kepler's Field Theory
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Merv F. — Gauss' Field Theory
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Matt O. — Furtwaengler's Field Theory
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Example Project Proposal
Week Eight —— LaRouche's Webcast (2009 March 21)
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Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. — Webcast
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James K. Galbraith — No Return to Normal
Week Nine —— Case Study: Prometheus' Spark (2009 March 28)
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Logistics — Case Studies
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Merv — Intro
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Matt — Benjamin Franklin
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Matt — Benjamin Franklin (continued)
+ Matt — Leyden Jars (video below)
+ Merv — Experiment I (video below)
+ Merv — Experiment II (video below)
+ Megan — Applications (video below)
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Closing Discussion
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