These resources are course support materials and complete syllabi with lecture outlines or lesson plans and schemes of assessment for a range of topics from A Level to final year undergraduate levels. The common theme is the power of the ‘economic way of thinking’ as a way to understand the world, past and present.
Syllabi
Crime and society - This is a level 5 or 6 course syllabus (2nd or 3rd year university course) but can easily be differentiated for year 1 or A level History, Criminology or Sociology.
Reading lists
Economic history and the rise of modernity - accounts of the appearance of the modern economy and its background in the historical trading system
The origins and history of the corporation - the history and development of organised business from ancient Assyria to today.
Globalisation past and present - accounts of contemporary globalisation critical and favourable and others looking at earlier episodes of this process.
Video resources
The Decline of Classical Liberalism - Dr Steve Davies, for the Institute for Humane Studies, traces the decline of classical liberal/libertarian ideas from the mid-19th century through the mid-20th century
The Triumph of Classical Liberalism - Dr Steve Davies, for the Institute for Humane Studies, explains how classical liberal ideas grew as an intellectual movement in the eighteenth century and gradually gained popular support
Top 3 Myths About the Great Depression and the New Deal - Dr Steve Davies, for the Institute for Humane Studies, exposes three persistent myths about the Great Depression
