Phone:
Michael McKinney
Associate Faculty

Office Hours:
Monday - Friday
8am to 5:00pm
Closed Weekends

Michael McKinney

Education
M.A., International Political Economics - University of Southern California, 1994
B.A. History - University of California, Irvine, 1992
B.A., Political Science - University of California, Irvine, 1992

Research Interests
*US Economic History - Of particular interest is the Great Depression, and the Progressive Era.  Do government policies tend to help, hurt, or have largely no impact on US macroeconomic conditions?  How does the law of unintended consequences interfere with well-intentioned efforts?  How does human behavior and psychology impact markets and US history?  How has economics driven events in US History?
*US Military History - Especially Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWII

Favorite Books
Democracy in America - Alexis de Tocqueville
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin
History of the Peloponnesian War - Thucydides
The Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith
Battle Cry of Freedom - James McPherson
Alexander Hamilton - Ron Chernow
The Federalist Papers - Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison
John Adams - David McCulough

Favorite Magazines
The Economist
Business Week
US History

Courses Taught
History 16
History 17
History 22
Political Science 4

Website:
http://www.saddleback.edu/faculty/mmckinney

Personal Interests
Following the Global Financial Markets
Reading
Civil War Reenactment (Living History)

Contact Information
mmckinney@saddleback.edu