CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC ISSUES

ECON 100

Emphasizes current economic issues and illustrates how the economist's perspective helps understand them. Academic readings and popular books such as Freakonomics will be used to indicate the breadth and scope of questions that can be analyzed from an economic perspective.

ECON 690

Topics in economic theory and policy.

ECON 810

Topics in macroeconomic research.

ECON 442

Addresses current issues in modern macroeconomic policymaking. Topics include: fiscal and monetary policy, financial and sovereign debt crisis, and financial regulation.

ECON 899

Selections from all fields of economic research.