Technology and Society

Undergraduate

This course explores the vast influence of technology on our society and the economy. We discuss how technology originates and evolves and how this process affects our standards of living, trade, the nature of work, the functioning of labor markets, inequality, and social order. Students must be familiar with econometric analysis (ECON 115 or ECON 117) and consumer and producer theory (ECON 110). SO MW 11:35am-12:50pm