LSTU-L 230 Labor and The Economy 3 cr hrs; Class Number 14454; 1:00-
2:15 PM, Tuesday and Thursday, WH002. This course is an introduction
to the situation of workers in the US economy, as well as a
framework to understand techniques of worker control, the
determinants of productivity growth, workers' cost of job loss, and
the effects of unemployment on workers’ and unions’ bargaining
power.  We incorporate an analysis of social policy and its
redistribution of free market outcomes in different countries; the
global context surrounding the US economy; and the role of unions in
labor-management cooperation.  This course requires no background in
economics–we’ll learn the basic tools necessary for analyzing work
and organized labor from both mainstream economics and political
economy perspectives. Instructor:  Lynn Duggan, DLS, IUB.