LS 819: Foundations of Modern Economics

Lawrence Boland, FRSC

Spring 2005: Thursday 6:30pm–9:30pm

Course texts

Plato: ‘Euthyphro’, ‘The Apology’ and ‘Crito’ (early dialogues)

Voltaire: Candide

Heilbroner: The Worldly Philosophers (7th Edition)

Pirsig: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Two short stories by Lu Xun

Čapek: R.U.R, a play

Ibsen: Four Great Plays by Ibsen

Eric Hoffer: True Believer