The following course reading list was included with other history of economics reading lists in Joseph Dorfman’s papers at Columbia University. Course catalogues from 1945-46 through 1957-58 were examined and they confirm that this course was indeed taught by Joseph Dorfman. While listed as offered during the 1947-48 and 1948-49 academic years, the course was explicitly bracketed as not offered from 1949-50 through 1957-58. The course was not offered before 1947-48.
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Course Announcement 1947-1948
[also 1948-49]
Economics 111—History of economic doctrine to Adam Smith. 3 points Winter Session. Professor Dorfman.
Tu.Th. 1:10. 310 Fayerweather.
Various systems of economics with especial attention paid to the wider aspects of connection between theories and organization of industrial society at the time. Antiquity; Middle Ages; mercantilists; Physiocrats; and English precursors of Adam Smith.
Source: Columbia University. Bulletin of Information. Forty-seventh Series, No. 38 (September 13, 1947). Announcement of the Faculty of Political Science for the Winter and Spring Sessions 1947-1948, p. 46.
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ECONOMICS 111
Ashley, W. J. An Introduction to English Economic history and Theory, Chapter VI
Beer, M. An Inquiry into Physiocracy
Beer, M. Early British Economics
Bonar, James Philosophy and Political Economy
Bonar, James Theories of Population
Dempsey, Bernard W. Interest and Usury, Chap. 4-7
Heckscher, Eli Mercantilism
Higgs, Henry The Physiocrats
Johnson, E. A. J. Predecessors of Adam Smith
Laistner, L. M. Greek Economics
Monroe, Arthur Eli Early Economic Thought
Monroe, Arthur Eli Monetary Theory Before Adam Smith
O’Brien, G. An Essay on Medieval Economic Thinking
Somerville, et al. “Interest and Usury,” The Economic Journal, vol. 41, pp. 646-49; vol. 42, pp. 123-37, 3112-23
Viner, Jacob Studies in the Theory of international Trade, Chapters 1 and 2.
Ware, Norman J. “The Physiocrats”, The American Economic Review, XXI, pp. 607-19
Mitchell, The Background of Greek Economics (pp. 24-37)
Source: Columbia University Libraries. Manuscript Collections. Joseph Dorfman Collection. Box 13, Folder “College Bound Reports. Examination questions”.
Image Source: From Joseph Dorfman’s 1973 Columbia University picture Identification Card in Joseph Dorfman Collection, Box 13, Unlabelled Folder.