Newswise — The economic meltdown has prompted an examination of capitalism across campuses, even by academic areas not normally associated with money matters. At Wake Forest University, even religion and women's studies classes are studying it this year. Capitalism has emerged as a first-year seminar theme, challenging freshmen to focus on the American economic system and how it impacts their lives in unexpected ways. Philosophy students will consider the ethics of manipulating global markets and downloading copyrighted material from the internet. Political science students will debate the strengths and weaknesses of capitalism while history students will trace the evolution of capitalism, examining the institutions and interests that created the system they live under today.
Religion students will look at capitalism through the lens of Christian doctrine and women's studies students will be challenged to consider "capitalism and patriarchy as sibling systems of supremacy."
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