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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: Consent of the department. Not offered in 2008 ? C10.]
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Addresses debates about whether market capitalism provides the best institutional context for organizing the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Considers consumer and business behavior under various competitive conditions. Assesses the appropriate role for government policy in improving performance of market capitalism. Staff.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Provides perspective on the economy as a whole. Examines how interactions among national levels of consumption, saving, investment, trade, and government policy cause inflation, unemployment, and the economy's oscillation between prosperity and recession. Pays close attention to current macroeconomic events, including changes in the Federal Reserve's monetary policy and the fiscal impact of the national budget. Staff.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem hrs. Introduces the history of women in the U.S. economy and addresses contemporary issues concerning women and work. Focuses on similarities and differences among women's work experiences as inflected by race, ethnicity, and class. Particular attention is paid to ongoing labor-market discrimination and the gender wage gap. Biewener.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: ECON 100 and 101. Provides an intermediate study of the neoclassical theory of consumer choice, producer choice, market structures, general equilibrium, and welfare economics. Emphasizes the way micro decision-making leads to the market allocation of resources. Basch.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: ECON 100 and 101. Provides an intermediate study of the evolution of macroeconomic theory, the measurement of key macroeconomic performance variables, and the assumptions, goals, and trade-offs associated with alternative macroeconomic policies. Particular attention is given to the global impacts of domestic fiscal and monetary policy initiatives. Sawtelle.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: ECON 100 and 101, and MATH 106 or its equivalent; or recommendation of the department. Introduces the basic mathematical concepts and techniques most often used in economic analysis. Uses algebra and differential calculus to develop and analyze economic models of consumer and producer behavior and of national income determination. Introduces mathematics of investment including interest, annuities, stocks, and bonds. Sohrabji.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: ECON 100 and 101 or consent of the instructor. A reading seminar that addresses the theoretical and practical implications of considering global economic development issues and programs from the standpoint of women and/or gender. Examination of the feminization of work, along with strategies for contending with the many challenges and opportunities globalization presents to women in communities across the world. Biewener.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: ECON 100 and 101. A reading seminar that addresses the promises and pitfalls of globalization and economic development by considering the theory and practice of economic development as it relates to people in South America, Central America, Africa, and South Asia. Biewener.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: ECON 100 and 101. Introduces students to international trade theory and policy with an emphasis on issues of current interest. Examines theories of why nations trade, the political economy of trade protection and strategic trade policy, debates surrounding the growth of transnational corporations, and concerns about international competitiveness. Sohrabji.
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