Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: POLITICAL ECONOMY

Department: Economics

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): ECON 301

Description: Political Economy regards income redistribution, taxation, the production of public goods, and other actions of the public sector as determined by a political process simultaneously with the economic process of exchange and productions. This course investigates the connection between public policies and the political forces that shape them.