ECO 1030 - The Economics of Wealth and Poverty

3 cr

This course is an examination of inequalities of income and wealth, primarily in the U.S., using economic tools of analysis. Topics that will be discussed include: how wealth and poverty are measured, the extent of poverty, competing economic explanations and analyses of the causes of extreme poverty and inequality, the consequences inequality has for the economy, and evaluations of public and private sector responses to poverty. These topics will also allow us to touch on such areas as economics of the family, discrimination, individual vs. systemic causes, and the subjective experience of poverty.
This course fulfills the Social and Behavioral Understanding Frame of Reference.
Spring