A study of how society's needs are satisfied with the limited resources available. Topics include contemporary issues such as inflation, unemployment, economic growth, international dependencies, and how public policy deals with them. A critical understanding of the U.S. and global economies will enhance your value as a manager or executive of a business (whether for-profit or non-profit), as a family member dealing with jobs and financial decisions, and as a voter in a democracy.

A study of how society's needs are satisfied with the limited resources available. Topics include contemporary issues such as inflation, unemployment, economic growth, international dependencies, and how public policy deals with them. A critical understanding of the U.S. and global economies will enhance your value as a manager or executive of a business (whether for-profit or non-profit), as a family member dealing with jobs and financial decisions, and as a voter in a democracy.

A study of how society's needs are satisfied with the limited resources available. Topics include contemporary issues such as inflation, unemployment, economic growth, international dependencies, and how public policy deals with them. A critical understanding of the U.S. and global economies will enhance your value as a manager or executive of a business (whether for-profit or non-profit), as a family member dealing with jobs and financial decisions, and as a voter in a democracy.

A study of how society's needs are satisfied with the limited resources available. Topics include contemporary issues such as inflation, unemployment, economic growth, international dependencies, and how public policy deals with them. A critical understanding of the U.S. and global economies will enhance your value as a manager or executive of a business (whether for-profit or non-profit), as a family member dealing with jobs and financial decisions, and as a voter in a democracy.

This course applies basic economic principles to the types of problems faced by business decision makers. Particular attention is paid to the economics of organizations and to the economics of firm strategy. Topics covered will include the nature of the firm, the make or buy decision, corporate governance, distribution channels, external market structure, selling decisions, and rivalry and strategy.

The course is an introduction to strategic decision making and game theory. Ideas such as Nash equilibrium, dominant strategies, evolutionary stability, and asymmetric information are applied to a variety of strategic decision making problems taken from economics, computer science, politics, and biology.

This course explores the theoretical foundations of International Trade including the basics of why countries trade, factors that explain the pattern of trade, the effects of trade on welfare and the distribution of income, and various policy issues. The course also provides an examination of topics in International Finance such as how international financial markets are structured and how currencies across countries relate to each other in foreign exchange markets.

This course explores the theoretical foundations of International Trade including the basics of why countries trade, factors that explain the pattern of trade, the effects of trade on welfare and the distribution of income, and various policy issues. The course also provides an examination of topics in International Finance such as how international financial markets are structured and how currencies across countries relate to each other in foreign exchange markets.

This course develops the economics view of the role of government from both normative and positive perspectives. Conditions under which markets perform well are presented, as well as cases where there is market failure. Legal and social institutions that support markets are discussed, as are government policies to intervene in markets. Economic models of the operation of government are developed to understand possible shortcomings of government action, as well further linkages of economics to law.

This course examines the organization, financing, and management of the U.S. health care system and programs, and emphasizes contemporary health policy concerns.