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We study the role ideas have played in the shaping of the modern political economic order. We identify and analyze the structure of such major ideological systems as classical liberalism, Marxism, Fascism, Nazism, Progressivism, Keynesianism, and neo-liberalism. We address why these ideas were developed, how they became politically influential, and what effects they had on the states in which they were implemented. This is a research lab where students will be trained how to critically analyze the origins and content of ideologies, to produce ideational explanations of political economic institutions, and to evaluate the truth value of ideas and the moral value of their political economic consequences. Students will cultivate the skills necessary for designing, pursuing, and presenting original research in intellectual history, political theory and political economy.