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This module takes up and deals with all the controversial and ‘messy’ parts of the economy that formal economics sets aside. Economic anthropology is directly concerned with the most central anthropological issues of human nature, choice, values, and morality. In this module tough questions are posed about those issues, about human nature, power and values of economic systems. Students will read in detail about the economic lives of people in many different kinds of societies, and about the major issues of economic inequalities that shape the world. This course gives students a solid basis for thinking about the different ways we explain human behaviour, thought, and culture and provides a foundation for applying anthropological knowledge to real-world situations.
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