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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Econ 101 and Econ 102 Normally Offered: Every Year An analysis of labor as an economic resource. Topics include the demand and supply of labor; wage determination and the structure of labor markets; income distribution, discrimination and inequality; unemployment and contingent work; labor as a macroeconomic variable, and public policies affecting the labor market.
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Prerequisite: Econ 101, Econ 102 recommended Normally Offered: Every Year An analysis of work and the institutions of workers. The course surveys labor history, labor unions, labor laws, organizing, collective bargaining, strikes, international competition, and how globalization is affecting work and worker's ability to organize and improve their working conditions.
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3.00 Credits
Women's Economic Roles
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3.00 Credits
Sex-Segregated Labor Markets
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Econ 100 or Econ 101 or Econ 102 Normally Offered: Every Year A study of major economic security programs in the United States, such as Social Security and Aid to Families with Dependent Children. The course begins with an examination of historical events leading to the programs of the American welfare system, analyzes the benefit and cost structure of the current system, and assesses the effects of recent attempts to reform that system.
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Prerequisite: Econ 102 and Econ 201, and Math 129 Normally Offered: Every Year An examination of the role of the public sector in the U.S. economy, focusing on public expenditures and tax theory. Topics usually include: welfare economics and justifications for government intervention in the market economy, an explanation of the federal budget, theories of growth in government, benefit/cost analysis, income redistribution theory, tax incidence, and the effect of different forms of taxation on consumption, labor supply, savings, and investment. Fulfills the capstone requirement.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Econ 202, Econ 331, and Math 129 Normally Offered: Every Other Year A study of the supply of and demand for money in macroeconomic models, and of current issues in monetary policy.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Econ 201 and Math 129 Normally Offered: From Time to Time Presentation of a framework for the analysis and evaluation of the performance of American industry and an examinationof a group of American industries to illustrate the usefulness of this framework in explaining the price, output and product policies in those industries. The course also includes an analysis of antitrust activities as a public policy designed to promote better market performance.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Econ 201 and Math 129 Normally Offered: From Time to Time Analysis of government policies toward business (including antitrust policy, economic regulation and social regulation)andtheir impact on society. Topics include the causes and consequences of mergers; the analysis of such business practices as resale price maintenance, franchising, bundling and tying arrangements; the regulation of public utilities, communications and transportation; health and safety regulation and patent policy.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Econ 334 or Econ 335 or Econ 336, or Econ 338 Normally Offered: Every Other Year Examination of the patterns, trends, and theories of direct foreign investment, and impacts of multinational corporations nhome and host countries. Topics include effects of MNCs on trade, employment, wages, technology, and economic development. Papers, class presentations, and class discussion required. Fulfills the capstone requirement.
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