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4.00 Credits
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
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 economys oscillation between prosperity and recession. Pays close attention to current macroeconomic events, including changes in the Federal Reserves monetary policy and the fiscal impact of the national budget. Staff.
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Introduces the history of women in the U.S. economy and contemporary issues concerning women and work. Focuses on similarities and differences among womens work experiences in terms of race, ethnicity, and class. Issues include labormarket discrimination, the wage gap, immigration, welfare reform, and affirmative action. Biewener.
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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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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 tradeoffs 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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Prereq.: ECON 100 and 101. 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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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
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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Prereq.: ECON 100 and 101. Introduces students to international monetary theory and policy. Examines the history and political economy of international monetary systems, the behavior of international financial markets, the balance of payments, exchange rates, international debt problems, and the role of the International Monetary Fund. Emphasizes current events throughout the course. Sohrabji.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq.: ECON 100 and 101 or consent of the instructor. Discusses the changing nature of economic systems by comparing the new capitalisms in East Asia. Studies the institutions, rules, and regulations in these emerging economies, including banking regulations, foreign investing, and exchange rate regimes as alternate models of growth and development are formulated. Sohrabji.
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