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"The purpose of studying economics," said a famouseconomist, "is to avoid being deceived by economists."Most economic policy, from welfare reform to federal income taxation, is drafted and defended with the language of "microeconomic" logic. Microeconomicsis about the person on the street, the family, Connie's Pizza, Bill Gates and monopoly, Enron and information, gangs and drugs, pollution and production, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the "feminization of poverty," andthe history of welfare reform. Also available through External Studies Program. Prereq: Econ 101. (3 Credits)
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What did President Clinton mean when he famously proclaimed, "It's the economy, stupid"? What, after allis the American economy? A non-technical, though rigorous, introduction to the major movements in the American economy and what today's economists think we should do about them. (3 Credits)
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An economic historian's examination of post-war booms and busts. The development of post-World War II economic institutions and stresses that emerged within them. Domestic and international macroeconomic trends; monetary, fi scal, and social policy; relations between organized labor and business; the astonishing changes in wages and contracts and labor force participation. Prereq: Econ 101. (3 Credits)
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History, structure, and function of organized labor in the US. Negotiation, collective bargaining, wages and employment, and evolution of the present legislative and judicial frameworks. (3 Credits)
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The spirit and impact of social policy on employment and labor relations. A hard-nosed look at minimum wage, unemployment insurance, equal opportunity and affi rmative action, public service employment, welfare reform, parental leave, collective bargaining regulations, and restrictions on plant closings. (3 Credits)
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An interdisciplinary course on race and class inequalities and the role of public policy in sometimes ameliorating and sometimes exacerbating these inequalities. Topics include affi rmative action, school segregation and integration, and welfare reform. (3 Credits)
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Goods are rarely made and sold within a single country anymore. The increasingly interconnected global economy from the perspectives of workers, consumers, and owners. (3 Credits)
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The economist's approach to problems of underproduction and underconsumption among minorities. Emphasis on minority development; income and wealth distribution; minority business enterprises; political and economic institutions; urban housing; transportation and health care. (3 Credits)
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Sir Francis Galton believed the normal distribution- the bell curve-"would have been personifi ed by theGreeks and deifi ed, if they had known it." Frequency distributions, measures of central tendency and dispersion, binomial and normal distributions, estimation and tests of hypotheses, introduction to linear regression and correlation. Prereq: Math 116 or 121. (3 Credits)
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See Fin 321. (3 Credits)
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