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...creation of “The Market and Society?? component is quite unnecessary. It would represent the undue prioritization of the discipline of economics within a general education. Worse, its inclusion is symptomatic of a kind of a vulgar pseudo-scientism that is unfortunately all too common to the discipline’s defenders...
...category amounts to a resurrection of an economics “way of knowing” and is a blatant attempt at smuggling Social Analysis 10, “Principles of Economics,” into a college-wide requirement. The centerpiece of “The Market and Society?? component would, in reality, be one course. The other courses—in political economy and economic history—would probably count for the “United States and the World” or the “Societies of the World” categories...
...most important criticism, however, is that “The Market and Society?? is largely unnecessary and redundant. Advocates of such a requirement express a deep concern that hordes of undergraduates will leave Harvard ignorant of the difference between nominal and real interest rates. Such fears, however, are ill-founded...
History: New courses include Hist 1733 “Cuba: Culture and Society?? and Hist 1469 “The Holocaust: History and Memory,” although the latter looks to be a poor man’s Anthro 1710 “Memory Politics” (offered next fall). Hist 16909 “The US and Imperialism” certainly seems timely, for those so inclined...
Sociology: Soc 129 “Education and Society?? certainly sounds appealing on paper, as well as Soc 165 “Inequalities in Health Care,” the perfect course for pre-meds looking to add a little variety to their academic careers...