Time: Tuesdays, 6:00 - 8:45 pm

Location: Dudley Moorehead Hall 358

Description

This course examines how economists have approached the phenomenon of entrepreneurship, from its behavioral foundations to its effects on economic growth and progress. It explores the role of entrepreneurship in theory and policy, and emphasizes its cultural, legal, and political determinants. This is not a “how to”, but rather a “what is” analysis.

Course Documents

I will post various documents for your use through the semester on this website. These documents include the syllabus, a list of additional resources, many of the readings, and other documents of interest. I recommend you check this regularly.

Syllabus

• Syllabus [DOC]

Readings

• The Austrian School
• The Use of Knowledge in Society
• Competition as a Discovery Procedure
• The Tacit Dimension
• Cosmos and Taxis
• Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy - Chapters 6 and 7
• Competition and Entrepreneurship - Selected from Chapters 1 and 2 (pgs 30-52)
• Constrained and Unconstrained Visions
• The Law
• The Promise of Entrepreneurship as a Field of Research
• Outliers, the Story of Success - Chapter 2 The 10,000 Hour Rule