API 5100 Economics of Public and International Affairs

3 units
Public and International Affairs
Faculty of Social Sciences
The foundations of macroeconomics and microeconomics. Topics covered in microeconomics include: the consumer and the firm; supply; demand and the role of prices; competition and the invisible hand; public goods and externalities; transaction costs and property rights; income distribution and the tax system; free trade. Topics covered in macroeconomics include: unemployment, inflation and the monetary system; fiscal and monetary policy; growth, development, and living standards.

Components:

Seminar

Previously Offered Terms:

Fall

French Equivalent:

Organized

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Clear Expectations

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Learned a Lot

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Recommend

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Workload

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Fair Assessments

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