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14.41 | Fall 2010 | Undergraduate

# Public Finance and Public Policy

#### Course Description

Explores the role of government in the economy, applying tools of basic microeconomics to answer important policy questions such as government response to global warming, school choice by K-12 students, Social Security versus private retirement savings accounts, government versus private health insurance, setting …
Explores the role of government in the economy, applying tools of basic microeconomics to answer important policy questions such as government response to global warming, school choice by K-12 students, Social Security versus private retirement savings accounts, government versus private health insurance, setting income tax rates for individuals and corporations.

## Course Info

##### Instructor

- Prof. Jonathan Gruber

##### Departments

- Economics

##### Topics

- Social Science
  - Economics
    - Microeconomics
    - Political Economy
  - Public Administration
    - Public Policy
    - Social Welfare

##### Learning Resource Types

grading Exams with Solutions
assignment Problem Sets
Problem Set Solutions
Photograph of U.S. currency. (Image courtesy of Daniel Bersak.)

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