Economics in Practice: Understanding and Writing about Inequality
Harvard Summer School
ECON S-1320
Section 1
CRN 35025
This course investigates the causes and consequences of inequality from the perspective of economics. The course begins with the presentation of empirical facts on the last four decades of inequality in the US, leading up to the present day. It then presents economic theories that can help explain these facts, with a focus on middle-class stagnation, gender inequality, racial injustice, the increasing concentration of wealth at the top, and the issue of inequality of opportunity. The course asks students to use publicly-available economic data to communicate issues around inequality to a lay audience.
Registration Closes: June 20, 2024
Credits: 4
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Summer Term 2024
Part of Term
4-week session
Format
On Campus
Credit Status
Graduate, Noncredit, Undergraduate
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