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Academy on Capitalism and Limited Government: Academics

Academics

In keeping with the Academy Purpose and Fund, various courses, lectures, symposia and seminars will be referenced here.

CLCV 199: Western Democracies and Economic Policies

This unique and innovative course will examine interrelationships between Western democracies and economic policies, with a particular (though not exclusive) focus on the influence of ancient Greece and Rome on the development of American political and economic thought. The chronological periods to be examined will range from archaic Greece to the United States of the twenty-first century, and the spectrum of political and economic perspectives will be comprehensive as well, ranging from archaic barter economies to Reaganomics. The course will proceed chronologically from antiquity to modernity, surveying several different historical periods and economic models.

  • Meets Tuesday, 3:30 to 5:00 PM, August 28 through Oct. 15, in FLB G-18
  • Class syllabus PDF file 84k

CLCV 225: Greco-Roman Democracies, Economic Policies, & Cultures

This interdisciplinary course examines the interrelationships between the democracies, economic policies, and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. We begin with ancient Greece and examine the political and economic forces which produced the creation of Athenian radical democracy. This democracy featured magistrates elected annually, an assembly chosen by lot, the leadership of which changed daily, and an assembly with a quorum of thousands. We will follow its progress through periods of domestic prosperity and crisis, and in political climates which include the successful expansion of the Athenian empire, the domestic stress caused by the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and her allies, and the decline of Athenian hegemony. We will trace this process into the period of Macedonian domination. We will do this primarily by studying primary sources, including epic, lyric, dramatic, and comic poetry, historical and philosophical prose, and such visual arts as architecture and sculpture.