Special Topics in Sociology: Land of Dollars: Race, Money and American Inequality

This course explores how race, class, and power shape today's market economy. It draws from economic sociology to unpack how race and class hierarchies define economic lives and structures. It attends explicitly to the construction of money and its role in producing economic and financial inequalities. Class discussions and writing assignments address various topical matters, including housing, credit, banking, the financial services industry, wealth management, and social finance.