Brandeis University

    ENG 133B: Imagining Money: Literature and Economics from Barter to Bitcoin

    Instructor: William Flesch
    Prerequisites: None
    Course Description: Money works because it is socially shared fiction; literature works because it has socially shared value. We will discuss the economics of literary experience: both literature about money (e.g. Chaucer, Shakespeare, Zola) and the picoeconomic game theory literature relies on. </br>
    <b>ENG 133b Imagining Money: Literature and Economics from Barter to Bitcoin is cross-listed with Economics (ECON).</b></br>
    Session: Session I
    Day: T, W, Th
    Time: 8:30am - 11:00am
    Credit Hours: 4 Credits
    Course Format: Remote Learning Course for Summer 2023
    Brandeis Graduation Requirement Fulfilled: HUM
    Enrollment Limit: 20 students
    Course Classification: Undergraduate Level Course
    Course Tuition: $3,490
    Course Fees: None
    Open to High School Students: Yes