Spring 2027

Sustainable Capitalism

Examines how firms, governments, and civil society shape free market capitalism and its tradeoffs, then applies that analysis to reimagining capitalism for prosperous societies and planetary health.

offering recorded2 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Ann Terlaak3.6/5Stacie Kent3.0/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.48 GPA, 74.1% A/AB (n=85 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.43 GPA, 64.2% A/AB (n=106 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.47 GPA, 65.7% A/AB (n=318 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe how the interplay between firms, governments, and market systems shape economic, societal and environmental outcomes, as well as tradeoffs within.

  • Explain varieties of capitalism across nations and compare with United States capitalism over time.

  • Analyze the role of business, governments, and civil society in managing free markets to balance the wellbeing of firms with the wellbeing of society and the natural environment.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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A A E 101(or A A E 215 prior to Fall 2024),ECON 101, 111, or declared in undergraduate Business Exchange program

GENBUS 250

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Raw average: 3.50/5 from 12 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.48 GPA, 74.1% A/AB (n=85 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.43 GPA, 64.2% A/AB (n=106 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.43 GPA, 70.6% A/AB (n=109 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

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Raw average: 1.00/5 from 7 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.49 GPA, 63.2% A/AB (n=209 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ANN TERLAAK is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

STACIE KENT is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 1000
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 1000
LEC 003Classroom Instruction0 / 1000

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.48 GPA, 74.1% A/AB (n=85 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.43 GPA, 64.2% A/AB (n=106 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.47 GPA, 65.7% A/AB (n=318 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Interplay of firms, government, and civil society in free market capitalism
  • Reimagining capitalism for free market economies and business to foster prosperous societies and planetary health

Skills

  • Describing how firms, governments, and market systems shape outcomes and tradeoffs
  • Explaining and comparing varieties of capitalism across nations
  • Analyzing the role of business, governments, and civil society in managing free markets

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1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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GENBUS 250 · Spring 2027

Sustainable Capitalism

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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