MICROECONOMICS IN POPULAR CULTURE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ECON 101 , 111 , A A E 101 , or 215 prior to Fall 2024. Not open to students with credit for ECON 390 topic: Microeconomics in Popular Culture prior to Fall 2024. Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. describe the financial instruments and policies that impact US mortgage markets, with particular emphasis on the causes, consequences, and lessons from the 2008 Financial Crisis Audience: Undergraduate 2. explain the theory and empirical evidence about the effectiveness of alternative policy approaches toward problems associated with both low-income housing and homelessness Audience: Undergraduate 3. discuss alternative approaches to understanding variations in economic mobility and opportunity both over time and across regions, with an emphasis on current data, approaches, and policies Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. describe the financial instruments and policies that impact US mortgage markets, with particular emphasis on the causes, consequences, and lessons from the 2008 Financial Crisis Audience: Undergraduate 2. explain the theory and empirical evidence about the effectiveness of alternative policy approaches toward problems associated with both low-income housing and homelessness Audience: Undergraduate 3. discuss alternative approaches to understanding variations in economic mobility and opportunity both over time and across regions, with an emphasis on current data, approaches, and policies Audience: Undergraduate