POLT 311 - Global Capitalism: Corporate Citizens and Shareholder States

FC SSCI

4 credits
In today’s economy, workers are “human capital,” corporations are “global citizens,” and states are “majority shareholders.” How does identity shape contemporary capitalism? This seminar will examine the stories we tell about how capitalism developed. It will then engage with debates about state intervention in the economy, and business intervention in politics, that have gained new salience since the the 2008 financial crisis. Is neoliberalism behind us? If so, what’s next?