| Introduction |
| 1 | What is Capitalism? What is Anthropology? | |
| 2 | Competing Ways of Understanding Expanding Class Inequality in the United States | |
| 3 | An Ethnographic Problem: The Financial Crisis of 2008 | Discussion with writing tutor: tips on paper-writing |
| Theories of Capitalism |
| 4 | Nineteenth Century Political Economy | |
| 5 | Sociological Perspectives: Weber and Bourdieu | |
| 6 | Capitalism After World War II | |
| 7 | Theories of Capitalism: From Post-Structuralism to Identity Literature | |
| 8 | Capitalism and Globalization | |
| 9 | Contemporary Debates Over Capitalism: The Tea Party vs. Occupy Wall Street | |
| 10 | Capitalism Redux: History, "Progress," and the Return of the Nineteenth Century? | First Writing Assignment Due |
| An Ethnographic Look: Capitalism And Everyday Life |
| 11 | Social Class: Thinking Outside the Box | |
| 12 | Film: People Like Us: Social Class in America. Directed by Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker. PBS, 2001 | |
| 13 | Film (cont.): People Like Us: Social Class in America. Directed by Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker. The Center for New American Media, 2001. | |
| 14 | Discussion of "People Like Us" | |
| 15 | Discussion of Old Money and Blue-Chip Black
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| Capitalism and Its Others |
| 16 | Capitalism and Its Others: Soviet-Style State Socialism | Second Writing Assignment Due |
| 17 | Capitalism and Its Others: The Nordic Model | |
| 18 | Capitalism And Its Others: The "Third World" | |
| A Case Study: Inside the 2008 Financial Crisis |
| 19 | Inside the 2008 Financial Crisis | Final Writing Assignment Topics Due; Discussion with Writing Tutor Regarding Final Writing Assignment |
| 20 | Film: Frontline: Money, Power & Wall Street, Episode 1, April 24, 2012. | |
| 21 | Film: Frontline: Money, Power & Wall Street, Episode 2, April 24, 2012. | |
| 22 | Inside the 2008 Financial Crisis (cont.) | Draft of Final Writing Assignment Due |
| 23 | Inside the 2008 Financial Crisis (cont.) | |
| 24 | Inside the 2008 Financial Crisis (cont.) | Draft of Final Writing Assignment Returned for Revisions |
| 25 | Final Project Oral Presentations | |
| 26 | Final Project Oral Presentations (cont.) | |
| 27 | Final Project Oral Presentations (cont.) | Revised Final Writing Assignment Due |
