Category Archives: Unit 2

Capitalism vs. Socialism: The Background Ideology and The First World A lot of people argue about communism, capitalism, and socialism. These are questions of ideology. In political discussions people easily throw around the labels “socialist” or “greedy capitalist”. In the 2008 U.S. presidential election some Republicans accused Barak Obama of being a “socialist”. On the… Read More »

An Intellectual Road Map – Same Planet, Same Challenges This Unit of the course is supposed to be about ideologies and the different systems they produce. Traditionally that’s meant capitalism, socialism, and communism.  But first, let’s take a look at what we might call a “topical road map” to economic systems. Speaking as a professor,… Read More »