[lbo-talk] fields of study

[bitch at pulpculture.org]

At 09:21 PM 8/14/2007, you wrote:
>I just read that Corin Tucker studied "political economy" at
>Evergreen (along with film and social change). So I thought I'd take
>a look at the offerings:
>
><http://www.evergreen.edu/catalog/2007-08/matching.htm#p>
>
> > Political Economy
> >
> > 500 Years of Globalization
> > Colonialism and Decolonization
> > The End of Prosperity
> > Introduction to Environmental Studies: Natural Resources, Oceans
> > and Global Climate
> > Latin American Development: Rhetoric or Reality
> > Marxist Theory
> > Our Place in Nature
> > Political Economy and Social Movements
> > Political Economy of Power in American Society
> > The Power and Limitations of Dialogue
> > Seeds of Change: Food, Culture and Work
> > War: Consequences and Alternatives
>
>That is very different from my college experience. My alma mater
>features Ernesto Zedillo teaching trade theory.

heh. aren't alt hippy dippy colleges like that grrrrrrrrreat? hell. in a 
regular uni, you don't even learn what political economy *is*.

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