Friedrich List Revisited:
Economic Nationalism in a Global Age
A Seminar
This seminar will explore the foundations of economic nationalism. We will read and discuss Friderich List’s National System of Political Economy (1841). List argued that states should support the flourishing of their people through economic policies as well as educational and cultural institutions. Perhaps surprisingly, List saw himself as the intellectual heir of Adam Smith and was a major influence on both right-wing and left-wing economic and political movements after him, including modern industrial policy as well as revolutionary ideologies like those of Marx, Lenin, and fascism.
Colin Wilder
Colin Wilder is a professor of German and Digital History at the University of South Carolina. He has written about the growth of classical liberalism in Central Europe and teaches the history of capitalism, constitutionalism, and classical liberalism. He has degrees from Yale University and the University of Chicago.
By invitation only.
Please contact Danilo Petranovich (director@aaicambridge.org) for more information.